How do future teachers of early childhood education perceive the diversity?

Abstract

This work reports a research process that is being developed with students of the course “Inclusive School and Special Needs Education”, taught in the 2nd year of the Early Childhood Education Degree in the Lugo branch of the University of Santiago de Compostela. This project aims to study the knowledge and preconceptions that these students have about Inclusion and Special Educational Needs (SEN), and their beliefs regarding different disabilities. Despite not having definitive data, the present results show the need to work in the training of teachers in order to banish false beliefs about diversity and thus ensure that the inclusive school concept is a reality in the hands of future professionals in education.

Keywords

• escuela inclusiva
• diversidad
• necesidades educativas especiales
• grado en educación infantil