TY - BOOK AU - Barnido,Jeremy B. TI - The implementation of inclusive education in a public national high school : : viewpoints of english language teachers in focus PY - 2018///. CY - Davao City PB - : University of the Immaculate Concepcion KW - Inclusive education KW - Public schools KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Teachers, English language N1 - Thesis (Master of Arts in Education major in English) -- University of the Immaculate Concepcion,April2018 N2 - The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the experience that shaped the viewpoints of English language teachers who had facilitated inclusive classrooms on the implementation of Inclusive Education (IE) in a public national high school in Panabo City. To gather the necessary data, 12 English language teachers were purposefully identified and were invited for the in-depth interview and focus group discussion. By employing thematic analysis, various themes surfaced. The challenges encountered by the English teachers were lack of educational preparation and trainings, dearth of instructional materials and classroom management strategies, insufficient orientation, teacher's heavy workload, communication barriers, sentiments on class population and diversity of learners, and teacher's emotional attachment and admiration to selected learners with exceptionality. They coped with the challenges met by communicating through secondary channels, advocating values of acceptance, understanding, and tolerance, employing practical teaching strategies to promote increased student involvement and exerting extra effort. The insights that they shared include their personal understanding of inclusive education, recommendations to intensify the implementation of the program, realizations and positive change of attitude and perspective, passion for teaching, parent's vital role, and that maximum tolerance should be practiced. With these results, it was found out that teachers developed positive attitude towards IE if conditions were right UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=a2db325089045d5e9807b25d919a22f6 UR - http://181.215.242.151/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=5c638120dab3c5e69b3a0f8f1b618a66 ER -