TY  - JOUR
T1  - Pre-Service Regular Teachers Perception on Components of Special Education Courses in Oyo State, Nigeria
AU - , Oyewumi Adebomi AU - , C.O. Dada 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 54
EP  - 59
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2007.54.59
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2007.54.59
KW  - Pre-service
KW  -regular teachers
KW  -perception
KW  -special education
AB  - This study investigated the perception of pre-service regular teachers on the components of  special education in their curriculum with a view to ascertain, whether the courses are comprehensive enough to prepare them for inclusive classroom. The participants were  400 final year students randomly selected from  two higher institutions training regular teachers in Oyo State of Nigeria. The research instrument was a self-constructed questionnaire, which was validated by experts while a test retest method was establishing a reliability was used. The instrument had a reliability coefficient of  0.73. The analysis of general questions was done through the uses of frequency count, percentages, mean and standard deviation. T-test was used to test the hypotheses. The result revealed that preservice teachers have positive perception on their level of preparedness with respect to special education courses they were exposed to. A significant difference was observed between the preservice teachers in the university and those in the college of education in their level of preparedness. Based on this findings it was recommended that institutions training teachers should incorporate the concept of inclusion the concept of inclusion as part of their curriculum and also the regular preservice teachers should be given structured opportunities to experience inclusive education in practice during their teaching practise exercise.
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