Classroom Teachers' Views on Support Education Room Applications

Abstract

The developing world order brings important developments in the field of education and the importance given to education is increasing day by day. This increase is also reflected in special education, starting from early childhood in accordance with the needs of individuals in need of special education. The aim of this study is to determine the opinions of classroom teachers about support training room applications. The case study design, which is one of the qualitative research designs, was used as a method in the research. The data obtained in the research were collected through semi-structured interviews with classroom teachers. The study group of the research consists of a total of 13 classroom teachers, 6 female and 7 male, working in Yeşilyurt and Battalgazi districts of Malatya in the 2022-2023 academic year. Purposive sampling method, one of the non-random sampling methods, was used in the study. The data obtained in the research were analyzed by content analysis method. According to the research findings, almost all of the classroom teachers find support training rooms useful. Teachers stated that they received support from RAM, school guidance service, websites and partially from the school administration while preparing the BEP. Majority of the classroom teachers find the physical conditions of the support education rooms inadequate, think that they should be improved in terms of materials and equipment, and state that they do not receive sufficient support from the school administration. Based on the results obtained in the research, it can be suggested that the tools-equipment and physical conditions of the support education rooms in schools should be improved and the cooperation between parents-administration-teacher and RAM should be increased.