Attitudes of professionals at schools towards mainstreaming children with special needs
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1998
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Christie, Cheryl Desiree
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This study investigated the attitudes of professional staff members at schools in Gauteng
towards the implementation of mainstreaming/inclusion of Learners with Special Educational
Needs (LSEN). Three hundred and sixty professional staff members from nineteen schools
answered the Questionnaire on Special Educational Needs of Pupils, which was designed to
assess the perceived competence and the attitudes of teachers the mainstreaming of LSEN.
Nineteen urban schools in Johannesburg participated in this study; namely, five dual medium
(English and Afrikaans) government remedial education schools, six government schools with
an aid class, four private remedial education schools and four private regular education
schools. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]
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Thesis (M.Ed. (Educational Psychology))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Education, 1998.
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Christie, Cheryl Desiree (1998) Attitudes of professionals at schools towards mainstreaming children with special needs, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/14129>