Attitudes and conditioning factors of prospective teachers towards inclusive education: a meta-ethnographic study

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https://doi.org/10.18172/con.4977

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Inclusion, educational ethnography, attitudes, initial teacher education, meta-ethnography, higher education, teacher training

Abstract

The attitude or perceptions of future teachers towards the values of diversity and inclusive education are a key element in the achievement of an inclusive school. Faced with a reality in which inclusive education, despite the efforts made, has not become a reality in educational practice, it is of interest to deepen the knowledge of the possible conditioning factors. This paper uses 14 ethnographic studies to develop a meta-ethnographic analysis of the representations of future trainee teachers regarding the values of diversity and educational inclusion and the conditioning factors that shape them. The results show the presence of different perspectives on diversity. Among them, a majority type of thinking in favour of diversity and inclusive education but based on a theoretical approach closer to integration that may contribute to perpetuating or maintaining educational practices contrary to the values of inclusive education. Among the conditioning factors, the study identifies the existence of a dominant culture and ideology in the social and educational sphere of the future teacher that can present itself as resistance to the construction of the concept of inclusive education.

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David Pérez Castejón, Universidad de Zaragoza

Profesor asociado de Universidad de Zaragoza del área de Didáctica y Organización Escolar en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas. Es miembro del Grupo de Investigación de Referencia 'Educación y Diversidad' (S49_20R)

María Begoña Vigo Arrázola, Universidad de Zaragoza

Profesora Titular de Universidad de Zaragoza del área de Didáctica y Organización Escolar en la Facultad de Educación. Es Investigadora Principal del Grupo de Investigación de Referencia 'Educación y Diversidad' (S49_20R) y del "Grupo de Acción: Inclusión educativa" del Campus Iberús. 

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Published

2022-03-01

How to Cite

Pérez Castejón, D., & Vigo Arrázola, M. B. (2022). Attitudes and conditioning factors of prospective teachers towards inclusive education: a meta-ethnographic study. Contextos Educativos. Revista De Educación, (29), 203–222. https://doi.org/10.18172/con.4977