Music teachers experiences of including in compulsory school: : A qualitative study of music teachers´ experiences and attitudes towards inclusion of pupils with disabilities in compulsory school.

The aim of this study is to examine music teachers experiences of including students with different varieties of disabilities. Furthermore, the teachers attitudes towards inclusion and the adjustments necessary is looked into. Furthermore, study is conducted through the social model of disability, which derives from the notion that society creates physical obstacles and inhibitive attitudes for disabled individuals. The result make visible that music teachers are very much aware about students’ different needs. The teachers experience that the adjustments are mostly adequate. However, they do experience that the adjustments in some cases are not enough. This means that the music teachers attitudes towards inclusion and adjustments for the students in need are both positive and negative. Contributing factors to the negative attitudes are for instance students lack of commitment, extroverted and disturbing students as well as the teachers think they do not have enough time in relations to the number of pupils attending their classes. In conclusion, the pre-conditions which the music teachers have is of great importance for the teachers to be able to fulfill the students’ special needs. Furthermore, it shows that the teacher to student relations are essential for the function of the inclusion-process