Future Directions in Education and Inclusion of Students with Disabilities: A Delphi Investigation

Authors

JoAnne W. Putman, University of Maine at Presque Isle
Amy N. Spiegel, University of Nebraska–LincolnFollow
Robert H. Bruininks, University of Minnesota

Date of this Version

1995

Citation

Exceptional Children 61:6 (May 1995)

Comments

Copyright © 1995 The Council for Exceptional Children. Used by permission

Abstract

This article reports on a survey of 37 educators regarding future directions in the education of students with disabilities. The survey used the Delphi technique. For the decade of the 1990s and after the year 2000, respondents’ predictions included the following: The movement toward increasing inclusion will occur; the belief will prevail that people with disabilities have a right to participate in inclusive environments; students with mild disabilities will be educated in general classrooms; teachers will increase their use of instructional approaches such as cooperative learning and instructional technology; and researchers will focus on matching instructional needs with learner characteristics.