RAZLIKE U MISLJENJIMA STUDENATA I ZAPOSLENIH UCITELJA O OBRAZOVNOJ INKLUZIJI UCENIKA S TESKOCAMA

This paper is directed at the analysis of the opinions of students at the Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Zagreb in three phases of their initial education and those of employed teachers in Croatian compulsory schools about inclusive education of pupils with disabilities. It also aims to determine the differences in the opinions of the study's four groups of informants. These groups were students in their first (187 or 24.2%), third (215 or 27.5%), and fifth (198 or 25.6%) year of study at the Faculty of Teacher Education, as well as teachers who are employed in Croatian primary schools (173 or 22.4%). The total sample of the study was 773 participants. The results shows significant differences in opinions about inclusive education of pupils with disabilities in the groups of students in different years of study and the teachers, but the opinions of the final-year students are less positive in comparison to young students and employed teachers than was initially expected.