Attitudes toward inclusive practices in Education

Abstract

This article summarizes a research of qualitative character, with phenomenological approach performed with the educational community in the school Monsignor “Oscar Arnulfo Romero” in the city of Esteli, in the first half of 2014. This research aims to determine the attitudes of the educational community to practices of educational inclusiveness. The techniques used for data collection were: depth interviews, surveys, focus group and Likert scale to measure attitudes. The information obtained from the applied techniques was analyzed in terms of the stated objectives. The most relevant results indicate that attitudes to inclusive practices in this center are inclusive. There is a lack of methodological strategies by teachers to serve children with special educational needs. Little attention is given by methodological experts from the Ministry of Education. Low participation of fathers-mothers in the activities of the school in terms of contributing to the training and development of skills that prepares the boy-girl for society, regardless of characteristics.