Integration and inclusive education: Teachers' involvement and importance of social support [De l'intégration à l'inclusion scolaire : Implication des enseignants et importance du soutien social]

Teachers are the main actors of inclusive schooling. Whereas many studies highlight the benefits of integration or inclusion for students, those that focus on teachers' have shown that they hold mixed attitudes toward integrative/inclusive policies. In this article we explore, through a review of questions, the obstacles to integration/inclusion that are due to the uneasiness teachers may feel towards integrative/inclusive practices. Different aspects are treated with reference to a health psychology-based articulation between risk and protective factors. Our analysis is focused on teachers' burnout as a risk factor in an inclusive context and on social support as a potential protective factor. Different modalities of social support are analyzed, in teachers' education as well as in school contexts. © 2013 Association ALTER. Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS. Tous droits réservé s.