اتجاهات معلمات رياض الأطفال نحو الدمج الشامل للأطفال المكفوفين في مرحلة الروضة في المدينة المنورة

Abstract EN

The current study aimed to explore the attitudes of kindergarten teachers towards including blind children with sighted peers in kindergarten in Madinah.

furthermore, it aimed to investigate the differences in these attitudes in the light of two variables: the type of bachelor's qualification (college for preparing teachers / university) and attending training courses on methods of dealing with blind children.

the descriptive research design was used to collect data through a questionnaire.

the sample of the study was (281) participants who were selected randomly.

the study found that the degree of approval of participants on the attitudes scale was high with an overall arithmetic mean of (3.57 out of 5).

the social dimension came first with a high degree of approval and an arithmetic mean of (3.88 out of 5), followed by the cognitive dimension with a high degree of approval and an arithmetic mean of (3.61 out of 5), after that the psychological dimension came third with a high degree of approval and an arithmetic mean of (3.45 out of 5), while the academic dimension came in last place with an average approval and an arithmetic mean of (3.34 out of 5).

the results also showed that there were statistically significant differences (p≤ 0.01) based on type of bachelor's qualification in favor of kindergarten teachers who graduated from universities.

moreover, there were statistically significant differences (p≤ 0.01) based on taking training courses on how to deal with blind children in favor of who kindergarten teachers who took these courses.