Restorative practices (RP) offer a means to establish positive and caring relationships could thus foster the mental scholastic development of students by improving classroom climate. This benefit both with without special educational needs disabilities (SEND), yet date no studies evaluated these in inclusive settings. Here we report findings two consecutive studies: pilot single-group pre-post...

Previous research has repeatedly confirmed that students with special educational needs (SEN) are generally less accepted by their peers. Although inclusive teaching strategies and classroom characteristics frequently hypothesised to improve students’ social participation, empirical evidence is scarce. Therefore, the purpose of this paper investigate practices can help foster in general, reduce...

Previous studies pointed out that dealing with difficult behaviour is perceived by teachers as a major challenge in inclusive settings. However, research on the students' perception of classroom behavioural climate (CBC) rare. Therefore, this study aims to examine students’ perceptions CBC and identify predictors well associated variables. The sample consists 650 German students from secondary ...

abstract creating suitable classrooms that can meet the educational needs of mentally-retarded students is vitally important. the present study explores the effect of three physical characteristics of classroom environment on the creativity of educable mentally-retarded children: window view, window size, and classroom size. the participants, one hundred 9-to-11-year-old girl students, took the...