장애아동 통합보육에 대한 보육교사와 부모의 인식

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to survey perceptions of teachers in educate centers and parents toward inclusion of handicapped children. In order to include handicapped children, one of the most important components is the positive attitude of the teachers in educate centers and parents. Therefore, five issues are identified; (1) perceptions of teachers in educate centers and parents toward benefits of inclusion (2) perceptions of teachers in educate centers and parents toward barriers of inclusion (3) difference of perceptions between teachers and parents who consider inclusion as necessary and those who consider it as unnecessary (4) difference of perceptions between educated teachers and uneducated teachers for the handicapped (5) difference of perceptions between parents of handicapped child and those of nonhandicapped child.
The data of this study were obtained from 100 teachers in educate centers and 306 parents. The instrument of this study was a questionnaire regarding their perceptions toward benefits and barriers of inclusion. For the analysis of the data, M, SD, frequencies, percentage and t-tests were run.
The conclusions obtained from the results and discussions of this research are as follows:
1. The teachers in educare centers and parents showed a positive attitude toward benefits of inclusion of handicapped children on the whole and parents showed a more positive attitude toward inclusion than teachers.
2. The teachers in educare centers and parents showed a negative attitude toward barriers of inclusion of handicapped children. And parents showed a more negative attitude toward barriers of inclusion than teachers.
3. The teachers and parents who considered inclusion as necessary showed a more positive attitude toward inclusion than those who considered it as unnecessary.
4. There was no significant difference between teachers educated for the handicapped and those uneducated for the handicapped regarding their perception toward inclusion of handicapped children.
5. Parents of handicapped child showed a positive attitude toward benefits of inclusion than those of nonhandicapped child. But there was no significant difference regarding their perceptions toward barriers of inclusion of handicapped children.