Teachers’ Perception towards the Implementation of Inclusive Education in Penang, Malaysia

The objective of this study was to measure teachers’ perception towards the implementation of inclusive education in Penang, Malaysia. This study involved 133 mainstream teachers and 37 special education teachers from Penang. Research instrument for this study was adapted from the instrument Contexts, Input, Process and Product, which was introduced by Stufflebeam in 1971. This study involved a questionnaire that contains two sections. Section A is on teachers’ demography and Section B concerns with the factors that contribute to the teachers’ perception towards the implementation of inclusive education. The results of this study are discussed in terms of frequencies, percentages, independent t-test and One-Way ANOVA. The results showed that 32.35% of the respondents have positive perception and 50.59% have moderate perception towards the implementation of inclusive education. On the other hand, this study also revealed that 17.06% of the respondents have negative perception towards the implementation of inclusive education. The findings of this study also highlighted that different types of teachers and their academic qualification do influence or create the difference in term of their perception towards the implementation of inclusive education. In addition, the findings of this study also showed that there is a positive relationship between the types of teachers and their perception towards the implementation of inclusive education.