This study has been analyzed the trend of experimental studies for inclusive
education in elementary school in Korea for the latest 10 years from 2005 to 2014.
The purpose of the study is to be the basis of much more developed inclusive
education program for the qualitative improvement of inclusive education in
elementary school hereafter. Focusing on 48 experimental study papers selected by
analysis criteria, we have analyzed general features and intervention-related program
features respectively.
As a result of the analysis, the recent 5 years research has been actively
performed. Most subjects were middle grade students and above. Most interventions
were targeted to both the students with and without disabilities and implemented by
general education teachers in inclusive classrooms, As an intervention program,
intervention programs related to subject instruction were used most frequently. As
dependent variables, academic achievements were used most frequently. As a research
method, the multiple baseline design of a single subject research was used most
frequently in the research for the students with disabilities. The pre test post test
control group design was used most frequently in the research for the students with
and without disabilities.
The implications based on the result of this research are presented as follows.
First, these intervention programs for inclusive education have benefited both the
students with and without disabilities. Second, these intervention programs for
inclusive education have been developed to curricular inclusion. Third, the realization
of 21C inclusive education will be possible only through the structural change of a
school system.