Analyzing the Teachers' Views on Schools Student with Special Needs in Order to Provide Policy Advice

The purpose of this study was to analyzing the Teachers' Views on Schools Student with Special Needs in Order to Provide Policy Advice.

The present study was conducted using a qualitative approach with the aim of analyzing the views of school teachers teaching special need Students in East Azerbaijan Province. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews from 16 teachers by targeted sampling method and analyzed by thematic analysis method.

The research findings indicated that the views of school teachers on students with special needs can be categorized into four main themes and 18 sub-themes. The main topics include issues related to school teachers, students with special needs, characteristics of students with special needs, educational constraints, and socio-cultural issues. Sub-topics are also described in detail in the text of the article.

According to the research findings, the measures taken in the field of general education policy have not gone well and the advancement of issues in this field requires the serious attention of the officials.