Christie, Cheryl Desiree2014-03-132014-03-131998Christie, 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>http://hdl.handle.net10539/14129Thesis (M.Ed. (Educational Psychology))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Education, 1998.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]Online resource (110 leaves)enMainstreaming in education--South Africa--Gauteng.Special education--South Africa--GautengTeachers--South Africa--Gauteng--AttitudesThesis