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One of the most controversial issues all special educators of Korea currently face is the extent of which students with disabilities who would be included in general education classrooms. The purpose of this study was to compare awareness of 20 general educators and 21 special educators regarding future major directions in the inclusive education of students with disabilities in Korea. The survey used the Delphi technique. Among the general topic areas of inclusive education of students with disabilities, 65 predictive statements were organized into six categories developed by penalists and the author. It was used in this survey.
The results of the study were as follows: In the analysis of 6 categories, there were significant difference in awareness of the two groups regarding future directions in the inclusive education of students with disabilities. However, there were less difference in on current status of inclusive education than on the status of 10 or 20 years later. These results showed that special educators had more positive awareness than general educators on the inclusive education of students with disabilities. To promote inclusive education of students with disabilities, future research should be conducted diversely how to contract the differences between general and special educators' awareness on the inclusive education. Future researchers should also consider enlarging and enhancing educators' participation in implements inclusive education.

한국어

이 연구에서는 우리나라 장애학생 통합교육의 주요소들에 관하여 일반교육자들과 특수교육자들이 현재의 통합교육 실현상황과 향후 2010년 및 2020년대의 통합교육 변화양상에 대해 어떻게 인식하고 있는지를 알아보고자 델파이기법을 사용하여 조사하였다. 그 결과 대체적으로 일반교육자들과 특수교육자들은 장애학생 통합교육에 대해 2001년 현재의 실현상황 인식에 있어서는 약간의 차이가 나타났으나, 2010년대 및 2020년대의 변화양상과 실현가는성 예측에 있어서는 의의있게 큰 차이가 나타났는데, 전반적으로 특수교육자들이 일반교육자들에 비해 통합교육에 대하여 보다 적극적인 것으로 나타났다. 장애학생 통합교육을 효율적으로 실현하기 위해 이 연구의 결과에서 나타난 양 집단간의 인식의 차이를 어떻게 좁혀갈 것인가에 관한 연구가 다양하게 이루어지고 그에 따른 대책이 강구되어야 할 필요가 있다.