The Opinions of regular education students mothers in a primary school toward inclusion

Ill ABSTRACT THE OPINIONS OF REGULAR EDUCATION STUDENTS' MOTHERS IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL TOWARD INCLUSION Nuray ÖNCÜL Special Education Major Anadolu University, Institute of Educational Sciences, July, 2003 Advisor: Assis. Prof. E. Sema BATU The purpose of the present study was to analyze the opinions of regular education students' mothers in a primary school toward inclusion in Eskişehir. The opinions of eight voluteer mothers were gathered. All of the mothers were the mothers of children who were attending to an eighth grade of a primary school. Moving with the purpose of the study semi-structured interviews were conducted with the mothers, and the data collected were analyzed using inductive analysis. Results of the study revealed that the opinions of regular education students' mothers were positive but, their knowledge about inclusion was not sufficient. It can also be said that school-parent cooperation was not sufficient either. Mothers also mentioned that they heard about the inclusion implementation from their children but nobody else from the school. There were also some recommendations for other regular education students' mothers and fathers. One of the major suggestions was THAT THERE SHOUL BEsome informing seminars for the regular education stidents' parents about inclusion and students with special needs. Another suggestion was meetings for the parents of both regular education and inclusion students.