EXPLORING ATTITUDES OF TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHERS TOWARDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN ATYRAU, KAZAKHSTAN

Abstract

This research aims to explore attitudes toward technical and vocational education and training teachers toward inclusive education in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The study addresses overarching research question: What are TVET teachers’ attitudes toward inclusive education in Atyrau? Interpretivism paradigm and generic qualitative research method were employed for the study, and data were collected through one-on-one semi-structured interviews to obtain detailed and in-depth data. Five TVET teachers of vocational subjects with more than 3 year of teaching experience from Atyrau were selected through homogeneous purposive sampling method.