EXPERIENCED CLASSROOM TEACHERS’ OPINIONS ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

The aim of this research was to receive the opinions of classroom teachers who had had at least one inclusion student in their classrooms during their professional lives. For this purpose, among 151 classroom teachers who had inclusion students in the city of Çanakkale, interviews were conducted with 45 classroom teachers who had educated at least one inclusion student during their teaching lives. The qualitative research method was employed in the research, and semi-structured interviews was used as the data collection tool. In line with the research objective, the classroom teachers were asked if they support the application of inclusion or not with its reasons, about the problems they encounter and their suggestions. 31 (68,89%) of 45 participant classroom teachers stated that they do not support inclusive education