The Effect of Inclusive Education Module Training Seminar on Novice Teachers’ Adoption Levels of Inclusive Education Principles

Inclusive education has five basic principles: inclusive school climate, clear expectations, inclusive course content, accessibility and reflection. In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of Novice Teacher Program Inclusive Education Module Training Seminar (NTPIEMTS) on the level of adopting inclusive education principles of novice teachers. In this study, in which the quantitative research method was used, one group pre-test-post-test model, which is one of the experimental models, was used. An experimental group consisting of 27 novice teachers assigned to the province of Igdir in 2021 participated in the study. NTPIEMTS was given to this group by one of the researchers. This seminar includes 10 hours of inclusive culture, 10 hours of inclusive structure and 5 hours of inclusive practices. In this study, the “Inclusive Educational Principles Adoption Scale” developed by the researchers was used as a data collection tool. Obtained data were analyzed with Paired Samples t-Test and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. According to the findings obtained from the research, the Inclusive Education Module Training Seminar significantly and positively changed novice teachers’ levels of adoption of inclusive school climate, clear expectations, inclusive course content, accessibility and reflection principles related to inclusive education. © (2024), (T.C. Milli Egitim Bakanligi). All rights reserved.