Inclusive practices in Kazakhstan: validating the teacher efficacy for inclusive practice scale for the local context

2025

Full text Open access: Hybrid Metadata (CSL-JSON)
DOI 10.1080/20473869.2025.2492091
Data confidence 70 medium
How this score is calculated

It is built from checkable properties of the record itself: whether the article has a DOI, how many independent sources confirmed its data, whether the required fields are filled in, and how recent the latest confirmation is. Disagreement between sources and a missing identifier lower it. A value of 80 or above means the record was published without further checking; 60 to 79 means it is published at reduced confidence, with a manual check advisable. A record verified by an editor by hand is never pushed below 90 by a recalculation. This scores our data about the article, not the article itself.

Abstract

Since 2011, Kazakhstan has made positive advances towards establishing inclusive education. To monitor ongoing progress effectively, this research aimed to validate the Teaching Efficacy for Inclusive Practices scale as an evidence-based approach on which to enable further decisions. Validation processes confirmed reliability for use in Kazakhstan. Subsequent analysis of data from 6,186 teachers revealed fairly positive perceptions of personal efficacy for providing inclusive instruction, managing behaviour, and collaboration. The implications for maintaining and enhancing inclusive practices in Kazakhstan are discussed considering these findings. Specific emphasis is placed on the identified impact of experience and increased training on improving perceived teacher efficacy; issues associated with the perceived challenges of behaviour management; and how these relate to the Government’s focus on improvement and training through the introduction of the new ‘comfortable’ inclusive schools.