The paper Inclusive Education in Serbia from the Perspective of Primary School
Teachers in Serbia written by Milja Vujačić, Nikoleta Gutvajn and Jelena Stanišić
focuses on a review of teachers’ approaches towards inclusive education through an
analysis of their opinions on: a) inclusive education as an idea, b) the achievement of
inclusive education in practice, c) the ways in which inclusive education is presented
in our country’s educational policy, d) the training they underwent in this field, e)
the problems and difficulties they face in the realisation of inclusive education and
f) recommendations for the further development of inclusive education in Serbia. It
was concluded that teachers’ opinions of inclusive education in Serbia are generally
negative. Even though teachers emphasise the humane aspect of this idea, their replies indicate negative perceptions regarding the realisation of inclusive education
in practice. Insufficient and inadequate teacher training, as well as a lack of quality
support from experts and schools in general, present the key problem for the
essential acceptance of this idea on the part of teachers and the successful realisation
of inclusive education in practice. The authors point out the need to improve the
support system for the implementation of inclusive education which would enable
the adoption of the values and competences of inclusive education, the provision
of continuous support to practitioners, as well as inter-departmental cooperation
which would significantly contribute to changing teachers’ relation to the idea and
practice of inclusive education.Naziv zbirke: Biblioteka "Pedagoška teorija i praksa
