Особенности социального взаимодействия учащихся в системе инклюзивного образования

Abstract

The article describes how the new inclusive educational model affects the relationship between children with special needs. Empirical research data were collected by the Laboratory of monitoring studies of Moscow State University of Psychology & Education in 2014. We used two sociological method of data collection: questionnaire and interviews. Study sample was 611 respondents: 178 teachers, 386 parents and 47 high school students. The analysis of the social interactions in the system of inclusive education was carried out on the basis of several social and psychological criteria: students’ attitude toward their class and school, relationship between the children in an inclusive school, satisfaction of children by teachers’ and classmates’ attitude, the degree of special needs children inclusion in extracurricular school activity. The empirical study results show that in general children have positive attitude towards each other and relatively high satisfaction by inclusive learning.