Abstract
The objective of inclusive education is to increase the quality of social and psychological integration in society of students with disabilities in the learning process. This study aimed to identify the social and psychological effects of inclusive education of students with hearing disabilities at Sharjah University’s Disability Resource Centre. The study adopted a descriptive analytical approach with a purposive sample comprising 24 students with hearing impairment. An electronic questionnaire comprising 25 psychological and social statements and nine open-ended questions was administered to collect quantitative and qualitative data. The results revealed positive correlation coefficients between inclusive education and both psychological adjustment and social interaction and negative relationships between gender and age and both social interaction and psychological adaptation variables (for age ρ = 0.091 and ρ = 0.262 and for gender ρ = 0.47 and ρ = 0.076, respectively). A statistically significant difference of less than 0.05 was found in favour of those who agreed that inclusion affects psychological adaptation. A statistically significant difference of less than 0.05 was found in favour of students who agreed that inclusion affects social interaction. The research results can be used in the practice of inclusive education to determine ways to improve the social and psychological adaptation of students with hearing impairments.
Highlights
Published: 19 November 2021The number of individuals with hearing and disabilities is increasing; the WorldHealth Organization (WHO) recently estimated that “there are currently about 466 million people suffering from impaired hearing in the world, with the aging of the world population, the number of people suffering from hearing loss will increase at a rapid rate
The questionnaire concluded with nine open-ended questions that were administered to collect quantitative and qualitative data
The results showed that inclusive education affects psychological adjustment and social interaction in DHHS
Summary
The number of individuals with hearing and disabilities is increasing; the World. Health Organization (WHO) recently estimated that “there are currently about 466 million people suffering from impaired hearing in the world, with the aging of the world population, the number of people suffering from hearing loss will increase at a rapid rate. The. World Health Organization projects that, unless action is taken, there will be 630 million people with impaired hearing loss by 2030, and that number is expected to increase to more than 900 million by 2050” [1]. UNESCO declared in 1994 that development of inclusive education is an issue of equal importance for the countries of the North and the South. This goal cannot be achieved in isolation. The main reform should be the reform of the regular school [2]
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