One of the most controversial issues all special educators of Korea currently face is the extent of which students with disabilities who would be included in general education classrooms. The purpose of this study was to compare awareness of 20 general educators and 21 special educators regarding future major directions in the inclusive education of students with disabilities in Korea. The survey used the Delphi technique. Among the general topic areas of inclusive education of students with disabilities, 65 predictive statements were organized into six categories developed by penalists and the author. It was used in this survey.
The results of the study were as follows: In the analysis of 6 categories, there were significant difference in awareness of the two groups regarding future directions in the inclusive education of students with disabilities. However, there were less difference in on current status of inclusive education than on the status of 10 or 20 years later. These results showed that special educators had more positive awareness than general educators on the inclusive education of students with disabilities. To promote inclusive education of students with disabilities, future research should be conducted diversely how to contract the differences between general and special educators' awareness on the inclusive education. Future researchers should also consider enlarging and enhancing educators' participation in implements inclusive education.