Teachers' Attitudes to Equity in Education - and Why is it Important

This article examines the attitudes of general education teachers towards inclusive education in Bulgaria and other countries, and the importance of these attitudes for the success of inclusive education policies. The author also explores the typology of factors shaping teachers' inclusive attitudes, proposing a new matrix for their classification. The importance of the terms inclusion, diversity and equity is also discussed. The latter term is translated into Bulgarian as 'равнопоставеност'.