| Abstract [eng] |
The aim of this work was to analyse preconditions for implementation of inclusive education in Lithuania and to disclose the peculiarities of tolerant attitudes of pupils attending heterogeneous and homogeneous schools and the influence of inclusive education on their strengthening. For the implementation of this aim the conception of tolerance was disclosed, the factors influencing it were determined, and the analysis of situation of inclusive education in our country was carried out. Also the research of tolerant attitudes of X–XII grades pupils attending heterogeneous and homogeneous schools was carried out. Seeking to determine the differences in tolerant attitudes of senior grades pupils attending heterogeneous and homogeneous schools, the pupils’ attitudes towards ten social groups that society is less tolerant of were researched: persons with mental and physical disabilities, HIV infected people, vagrant (without constant place of residence), psychotropic materials addicts (alcohol, drugs and other narcotic materials), convicts, immigrants, homosexuals, and representatives of national and religious minorities. The analysis of the research data shows that pupils’ tolerant attitudes are reliant on school composition. It also proves that the pupils attending heterogeneous schools are more tolerant than the pupils from homogeneous schools. |
