A Study on the Current Status and Needs of Inclusion Support Itinerant Education: Focus Group Interviews With Special Education Teachers at the Special Education Support Center of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education

The purpose of this study is to analyze the current state of operation and demands for a better direction as itinerant education for supporting integrated education is legally enacted. To this end, focus group interviews (FGI) were conducted with special education teacher. These teachers were in charge of integrated education support itinerant education for special education students attending schools without special classes at special education support centers of all local education support offices under the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. As a result of the completed interviews, five major themes, 16 minor themes, and 54 meaning units were derived. Based on the research results, directions for better integrated education support and itinerant education were discussed and suggested.