Students’ attitudes toward inclusive education in Oman

The objective of the study was to develop a scale that measure students attitudes toward inclusion. In addition, the students cognitive, affective, and behavior attitudes toward inclusion; the differences in the three attitudes components; and the impact of students gender and age on their attitudes toward inclusion were examined. Four hundred four Omani students without disabilities participated in this study. The findings revealed that the Omani students held positive behavior, cognitive, and affective attitudes toward inclusion. Students also reported more positive cognitive attitudes than affective or behavior attitudes, as well as more positive behavior attitudes than affective attitudes toward inclusion. Finally, the results indicated that students gender and age impacted their attitudes toward inclusion significantly