Role of Educational Psychology in Building Skills in Inclusive Society.

Abstract

The study examined the role of Education Psychology in building skills in and inclusive society. The study adopted descriptive survey research design sample of 150 students were selected from 10 secondary schools in Obio-Akpo using simple random sampling technique from targeted population of 35,205 students. The aim of the study is to investigate the role of educational psychology in building an inclusive society. The instrument used for the study is a self-made questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on the role of educational psychology in inclusive (QREPIE)”. The result revealed that the objectives of inclusive education should be achieved by accommodating all students not minding their disabilities, inclusive education will be beneficial to the society as no child will be left behind in the educational sector, those who could not participate cognitively will benefit as they are taught skills. Educational Psychologists play the role of helping parents and teachers to diagnoze and do proper placement of students who are suffering from one disability or the other. The researcher recommends that the government should make inclusive education compulsory in all secondary schools to enable the special students to benefit from the regular students, educational psychologists should be involved in the placement and diagonizes of students who are exceptional. Skills should be taught along side other subjects to help students function in the society when they leave the school setting.