Attitudes of teachers, parents and students towards inclusive education:A literature review

Attitudes of teachers, parents and students towards inclusive education: A literature reviewEducating children with disabilities in regular schools is an important goal in many countries nowadays. The realization of this does not seem to be easy. It is known that a part of children with disabilities experience difficulties in their social participation and cannot find social connection with their classmates. An important factor in this could be the attitudes of teachers, parents and students (i.e., classmates). This review study describes attitudes of teachers, parents and students towards the inclusion of children with disabilities in regular primary education. Additionally, it describes variables which are positive related to attitudes. The results show that all three groups hold neutral attitudes. The discussion of this current study considers the consequences of inclusive education in the Netherlands.