Teachers' Attitudes and the Challenges They Experience Concerning Individualized Education Program (IEP): A Mixed Method Study

Autor/inn/en	Kozikoglu, Ishak; Albayrak, Ezgi Nur
Titel	Teachers' Attitudes and the Challenges They Experience Concerning Individualized Education Program (IEP): A Mixed Method Study
Quelle	In: Participatory Educational Research, 9 (2022) 1, S.98-115 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kozikoglu, Ishak) ORCID (Albayrak, Ezgi Nur)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-6123
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Teaching Experience; Barriers; Individualized Education Programs; Foreign Countries; Positive Attitudes; Students with Disabilities; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Ausland; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Türkei
Abstract	In this study, it was aimed to examine teachers' attitudes and challenges they experience concerning Individualized Education Program (IEP). Explanatory sequential design, one of the mixed methods, was used in this study. The study group of this study consists of 100 teachers working in the central districts of Van, Turkey within 2019-2020 academic year. In data collection, the scales of "Determining the Attitudes towards IEP Preparation Process", "Determining the Challenges Concerning IEP Preparation Process" and a semi-structured interview form were used. Findings demonstrated that teachers have positive views about the IEP process, and the implementation of IEP is useful and essential. Concerning the challenges they experience during the IEP process, the teachers think that they do not have sufficient information about the planning, implementation and assessment/evaluation processes of IEP, the school/classroom is physically inadequate, and the classes are crowded in the implementation of IEP. In addition, it was found that as the positive attitudes of the teachers towards IEP increased, the challenges they encountered during the IEP process decreased. Based on the results of this study, it can be suggested that teachers should receive in-service training, physical conditions should be improved, the class size should be reduced, and cooperation should be provided between the family, classroom teachers and guidance counselor in order to conduct IEP in a healthier way. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Participatory Education Research. Amasya University, Technology Faculty, Yagmurkoy Orad, Amasya 05100, Turkey. Web site: https://www.perjournal.com/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01