A qualitative and quantitative study investigating staff attitudes to special educational needs pupils attending second-level education in Ireland

O'Sullivan, Moira

A qualitative and quantitative study investigating staff attitudes to special educational needs pupils attending second-level education in Ireland

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Date

2013-10

Authors

O'Sullivan, Moira

Publisher

Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork

Abstract

The overriding objective of the research is to establish the current attitudes of educators towards special educational needs students with a view to identifying what changes in training and resourcing would result in more effective education of both mainstream and special educational needs students. It is hoped that this will highlight the experiences of educators and that it will reveal how their attitudes have been impacted by dealing with special needs students in mainstream classes. The principal concern of the research is twofold. Firstly, an effort will be made to reveal the existing attitudes of educators. Armed with this information, consideration will be afforded to whether or not the correct training programs and practices are being provided to staff either outside or within the school and, if they are, how effective are they? It is hoped that the answers to these questions will yield practical recommendations which could aid not only the educators, but the students and parents alike.

Keywords

Second-level education , Special educational needs pupils , Teacher training , Staff attitudes

Citation

O’Sullivan, M. (2013) A qualitative and quantitative study investigating staff attitudes to special educational needs pupils attending second-level education in Ireland. Cork: Community-Academic Research Links, University College Cork.