The role of artistic education in educating students with special needs from the viewpoint of special education teachers

Abstract

This study aims to identify the role of artistic education in the education of individuals with special needs, and the extent of awareness to which teachers, schools and centres of special needs for this role, also aimed to know the significance differences in the level of perception of teachers of special needs and the role of education according to the variables such as type, scientific qualification and years of experience, the study used a descriptive analytical method, and may be a community study of all teachers of special groups, schools and centres of education and integration of special categories in the city of Benghazi who were in total  (167) teachers selected from a random sample of its troops (102) individual , and to collect data using the questionnaire as a tool for the study, and adopted the statistical program for Social Sciences (SPSS) to determine the Data, where some statistical tools were used, such as percentages, repeaters, relative weights, averages, standard deviations and T.test), and analysis (one way ANOVA), the study found that the level of the role of education and the level of perception of teachers, the level of recognition of schools and centres of education and integration of special abilities in the education of special groups centers were inadequate, the results also demonstrated that the level of education role of special groups, the level of perception of teachers, educational centers and integration of individuals with special needs in the city of Benghazi were also inadequate the results also demonstrated that the artistic education has a role in the educational process of individuals with special needs in educational centers and integration of individuals with special needs in the city of Benghazi, the results as well revealed that there are differences in the level of perception of special education teachers in the role of artistic education in the education of individuals with special abilities which can be attributed to the variable of quality and in favor of females, years of experience and in favor of (6-10) and(16 and above). And that there are no differences in the level of perception of teachers to the role of artistic education can be attributed to the variable academic qualification, and that there is a realization among the school –the centre of the role of artistic education in the education of individuals with special needs, educational centers and integration of special categories in the city of Benghazi.