This research compared the work and opinions of regular school teachers teaching in inclusive classrooms in Indonesia and Thailand. These teachers were drawn from schools participating in an in-service training program to enhance the capacity of students with special needs in regular classrooms. | Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences 38 2017 291e296 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences journal homepage http locate kjss A comparative study of teacher s opinions relating to inclusive classrooms in Indonesia and Thailand Pennee Kantavong a Sujarwanto b Suwaree Rerkjaree c Budiyanto b a College of Local Administration Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand b State University of Surabaya Indonesia c Faculty of Education Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history This research compared the work and opinions of regular school teachers teaching in in- Received 16 November 2015 clusive classrooms in Indonesia and Thailand. These teachers were drawn from schools Received in revised form 27 April 2016 participating in an in-service training program to enhance the capacity of students with Accepted 11 May 2016 special needs in regular classrooms. A sample of 172 teachers in primary schools in Available online 26 August 2017 Thailand and 165 from Indonesia answered a questionnaire based on Friedmen s concept of teacher burnout. Eighty percent of the Thai teachers had bachelor s degrees but only 1 Keywords percent were in special education whereas 77 percent of the Indonesian teachers had comparative study bachelor s degrees and 13 percent were in special education. Teachers opinions on four inclusive classrooms areas were investigated inclusion support from various parties work environment and special education needs students exhaustion. There was no correlation between background variables and teachers teacher opinions exhaustion and fulfillment. There was a correlation between the number of students in a class and a teacher s de-personalization at the .01 level. When considering social di- mensions and exhaustion there was a correlation at the .01 level. There was a correlation between self-fulfillment and exhaustion at the .01 level. There was no .
