Attitude of basic education students towards peers with educational and special needs / Actitudes de estudiantes de educación básica hacia compañeros con necesidades educativas especiales

Abstract

The article is the result of a study that aimed to describe the attitude of students from the Dolores Sucre Basic Education School, in the city of Azogues, towards the inclusion of peers with Special Educational Needs, associated with disability. To evaluate this attitude, the Chedoke-McMaster CATCH Scale Attitude towards Children with Disabilities instrument was used, in the period 2018-2019. Their search is based on a quantitative methodology of a non-experimental and field type, with a sample of 100 students. For the information processing, the SPSS program (version 22) was used. The results indicate that the attitude towards the inclusion of students with Special Educational Needs associated with disability tends to be unfavorable in those who do not have a relationship and contact with these people, while those who have some kind of direct link with them show positive empathy, hence a favorable attitude.

Keywords

• actitud del estudiante
• discapacidad
• inclusión
• necesidades educativas.