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Inclusion in physical education on the basis of opinions of high school female students from Slovakia, Czech Republic and Croatia

Introduction: The integration of pupils with special educational needs into education at mainstream schools is an increasingly frequent topic in pedagogy and special education, not only in Slovakia, but on a global scale. Material and Methods: The aim of this study was to examine the opinions of intact female students on inclusive physical education and compare their opinions in terms of the country they live in. The research was carried out on 308 female students who were in their final year of study in high school in Slovakia (N= 76, Mage= 18.14, SDage= 0.35), the Czech Republic (N= 116, Mage= 18.04, SDage= 0.20) and Croatia (N= 116, Mage= 18.13, SDage= 0.34). In this study, data was collected through the use of part of the International Comparative Research questionnaire. Differences in opinions between countries were measured using the Mann- Whitney U statistical test. Results: Results showed significant differences in student opinions in all statements from Croatia and the Czech Republic at p<0.01 ; there were significant differences between the opinions of students from Slovakia and except statement no. 2, which investigated whether special schools are the place with the best conditions for pupils with SEN, but in this statement the signatories between Slovakia and Czech republic proved to be at p<0.05. We found that girls from Croatia have a more of a positive opinion on integrating a disabled student into physical education than Slovak and Czech female students at p<0.01.Conclusion: Overall, we found that the most negative opinions prevailed among female students from the Czech Republic in all statements. They were followed by students from Slovakia and the most positive opinions were shown by students from Croatia. We think that the differences of opinion found are due to the different implementation of inclusive education in the given countries. Croatia integrates a higher percentage of SEN pupils into mainstream education than Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

inclusive education, inclusive physical education, pupil with special education needs, students with disability

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