Section 6: Understanding Inclusive Education
Wow! We've already reached the final section of this unit on Gender in School Leadership.
This section will tackle Inclusive Education. To start of, we've prepared a lesson for you which will help you reflect on the meaning of inclusivity in education. Good luck!
Activity 1: Inclusive Education lesson
Click on the following lesson to learn more about inclusive education!
Activity 2: Discussion on inclusive education in schools
Next we're going to ask you some questions regarding inclusive education in schools. We want you to state whether you agree or not with the statements, and afterwards discuss your answer in the forum!
Click on the following link to begin the questionnaire. After filling in the form you can participate in the forum.
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Some key elements about inclusive education (that you may have discussed during the previous activity) are the following:
- Collaboration is a key element to achieve inclusive education. It is not about teachers needing a lot of specialized knowledge and skills to deal with learners with disabilities.
- Inclusive education is about treating all learners as individuals. It is about good teaching.
- Inclusive education means getting to know your learners and understanding why learners behave in the way they do. Why is a learner absent-minded, filthy or disruptive?
- An important role for a school leader is to create a culture of inclusive education by acting as a role model through each of the standards of leadership.
- Inclusivity goes beyond the school. It is about children who are not learning because of their home situation, because they are sick or poor or have too many domestic responsibilities. Therefore, it is important to involve the local community and look for support to become an inclusive school.
- Collaboration is a key element to achieve inclusive education. It is not about teachers needing a lot of specialized knowledge and skills to deal with learners with disabilities.
References
Ainscow, M. (2005). Understanding the development of inclusive education system. Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 3(7).