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Exploration Of In-Service Teachers' Preparedness And Perceived Challenges About Inclusive Education In The United Arab Emirates, Lawrence Meda, Areej Elsayary, Laila Mohebi Jan 2023

Exploration Of In-Service Teachers' Preparedness And Perceived Challenges About Inclusive Education In The United Arab Emirates, Lawrence Meda, Areej Elsayary, Laila Mohebi

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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic led to the deterioration of exclusive pedagogical practices in different learning institutions. This is because the pandemic forced teachers to make an abrupt instructional switch from face-to-face to online learning without having sufficient time to prepare. Various studies have reported that students with special needs in learning have to tolerate the burden of this tumultuous instructional transition. The educational policymakers have requested that in-service teachers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) attend an inclusive education professional development program to equip them with knowledge and skills for teaching and supporting special needs children. The purpose of …