Inclusive Education from the Teachers’ Perspectives in Palestine

Abstract

The current study aimed at investigating the concept of inclusive education, the degree of implementing it in Palestine Schools. Additionally, the study handles the challenges that the school staff members face when implementing inclusive education in their schools. To achieve the study aims, the researcher used the descriptive approach. The researcher interviewed 30 teachers who were chosen from ten random United Nations relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools in the middle area of the Gaza Strip. The interview included six questions. The results were positive as the teachers employ the inclusive education initiative tools effectively. Teachers showed the obstacles they face when employing inclusion and they suggested some strategies and solutions to overcome such obstacles. The researcher recommends that stakeholders should provide school staff with suitable training of this initiative and equip schools with instruments and tools that help employ the initiative effectively.