A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STRESS INDUCING FACTORS IN SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM

Anjum Bano Kazimi ()
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Anjum Bano Kazimi: Department of Special Education, University Of Karachi

IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), 2007, vol. 3, issue 2, 87-93

Abstract: The aim of the study was to investigate stress inducing factors in a working environment for special educators in Pakistan.In this country, three systems of Education at present operate 1.Normal schools 2.Special Education Schools and 3.Inclusive Schools.In the last named special students of only the lower classes are accommodated.Problems associated with work environment in Pakistan are wide ranging and have very severe effect on the personality of the person, especially when working with children in special setting or in inclusive settings with mental retardation or physical impairment.Dealing with the special person is a stress producing work, to deal with them needs mental agility and analytical abilities and skills which can be produced through education training skills and supporting agencies.It was hypothesized that subjects who work with special children are facing more mental stress than the subject working with inclusive education children.The sample consisted of forty special teachers, twenty from each category.Findings suggested that teachers very often feel stress due to professional demands and ambiguous job description, parental pressure, nonsupportive behavior and lack of student motivation.Teachers working in mainstream inclusive education setting feel less stress.

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Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2007.32.4

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