Institutional Differences in Role Conflict Dimensions among Special Education Teachers: A Comparative Analysis
Keywords:
Role Conflict, Special Educator, Inclusive Education, Public School, Private SchoolAbstract
The present research paper aims to examine the comparison of Role conflict between special educators teaching
in public and private schools. The cross-sectional method has been applied in the study, and the research design
adopted is descriptive in nature. Purposive sampling has been applied for selecting 200 teachers from government
and private schools. Standardized tools for the assessment of Teacher’s role conflict have been applied in the study
The collected data has been analyzed by applying SPSS, Mean, Standard deviation, t-test, and P-value, for testing
the hypothesis in data analysis. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference in the role conflict faced
by government and private special educators in schools, and all types of teachers are facing the same level of role
conflict in varied ways. However, a significant difference was observed between work conflict and family conflict
in both types of school education teachers. The suggestions emanating from this research comprises of school administration and education authorities should organize stress management workshops, and conferences, and recruit
psychologists/counsellors for consultancy so that the teachers can cope with their role conflict.
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