Teachers' attitudes towards the inclusion of students with special educational needs and/or disabilities

Cooperation, social equality, long life education and interest in people are elements that characterize modern society. The educational system aimed at implementing the above positions provides equal educational opportunities to all children regardless of diversity. In the context of equal inclusive education, the principle of inclusion is applied for the success of which the role of teachers is decisive. The purpose of this research was to investigate teachers" attitudes towards inclusion and to identify those factors that possibly influence it. One hundred and twenty primary education teachers participated and the data was collected through a questionnaire for the construction of which modern literature was taken into account. The overall results of the survey showed an improvement in the teachers" attitude compared to previous ones. However, the participants pointed out the need to re-educated teachers in diversity issues.