scholarly journals ARTISTIC ACTIVITY AS A COLLABORATION TOOL IN INCLUSIVE SCHOOL CULTURE FORMATION

Author(s):  
Aušra Kardašienė ◽  
Diana Strakšienė

The article analyses and scientifically evaluates the aspect of collaboration through manifestation of artistic activity as an opportunity to form an inclusive school culture. It is maintained that school culture grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education and enriched with advanced educational processes oriented to artistic/musical activity not only marks the school’s uniqueness but also unites and enables the education process participants to collaborate and work together naturally to achieve a shared goal. The main idea of the empirical research presented in the article is to reveal students’ attitude towards artistic activities as a means of collaboration, which helps to form the inclusive school culture. The study involved students studying at school and attending a musical activity collective (choir). The research has revealed that in creating the inclusive school culture, artistic activities promote community participants to collaborate, share best practices; they improve the microclimate, ensure the manifestation of the success situation in the educational process, concert activities, and the like. The musical activity grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education becomes an opportunity developing the inclusive school culture that undoubtedly helps to create the society grounded on collaboration and tolerance towards differences, which seeks to envisage every learner’s needs and opportunities.

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-61
Author(s):  
Aušra Kardašienė ◽  
Diana Strakšienė

"The article presents the analysis and scientific assessment of trends of the inclusive school culture, manifesting themselves in the context of music education. It is maintained that school culture grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education and enriched with advanced educational processes, in this case, with artistic/musical activities, not only marks the school’s uniqueness but also highlights the importance of the educational process, unites and empowers its participants to work together naturally to achieve a common goal. Building the inclusive school culture, music education correlates with all of its main features manifesting themselves in reality: the collaboration of participants of the educational process, dissemination of best practice, favourable microclimate ensuring the manifestation of a successful situation not only in the educational process but also in concert activities, and the like. Music activity grounded on the philosophy of inclusive education becomes an aspiration building the inclusive school culture, which undoubtedly helps to create the society grounded on tolerance of differences, which seeks to envisage every learner’s needs and possibilities. Keywords: school culture, inclusive school, music education."


2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne Carrington ◽  
Kris Holm

This paper reports on processes employed at a secondary state high school in Australia, where students directed inclusive school development. The procedures used in the study were developed from the Index for Inclusion and included a student forum; a student presentation to parents, principal and teachers and a focus group interview with members of the school community. These procedures were designed to empower students to participate in school review and planning and evaluate the procedures developed from the Index for Inclusion. Samples of interview data from the school principal, staff, parents and the students illustrate a growing understanding of what inclusive education means for members of this school community. The research extends understandings of inclusive education in schools, from a focus on students with disabilities to a much broader philosophy that influences school culture, policy and practice for the diversity of students at the school. Discussion about feeling part of a ‘family’ in the school community and the description of the procedures linked to actions for change, provide evidence of a developing inclusive school culture that will inform educators interested in inclusive school development.


Author(s):  
Mihaela Voinea ◽  
Alina Turculet

One of the greatest challenges for 21st century school is to rethinking school culture for human diversity. Among the factors contributing to the ethos of the inclusive school, most specialists emphasise the importance of leadership, of the managerial team that both through conception and through its own behaviour promotes cooperation, human diversity, tolerance, open mind-set and help offering. The purpose of this research was to identify the factors of the leadership, which are involved in promoting a culture of inclusion. The research in question was embedded in a constructivist–interpretivist paradigm. The study included the analysis of school culture and interviews with school managers and teachers. The institutional analysis of schools addressed the physical/material aspects of the school and the social dimension (of human resources). One of the main conclusions of the research is that the leader and his team have a decisive role to play in promoting values of diversity. Keywords: Inclusive school, leadership, school culture, inclusive education.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
Nayibis Cano Acevedo ◽  
María Claudia Ramos Espitia

La inclusión es más que acceso, implica minimizar las barreras que impiden la participación y el aprendizaje. Este estudio de caso interpretativo analiza las posibilidades de resignificación de las prácticas pedagógicas de los maestros con la mediación de las didácticas flexibles basadas en el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA). Para ello, busca develar nuevas posibilidades de enseñar en contextos de vulnerabilidad social atendiendo a la diversidad como valor que enriquece el proceso educativo. Ante una educación homogeneizante e igualitaria que no atiende a la diferencia, se procura por una propuesta educativa en la que se aprenda no solo a vivir y aprender de las diferencias. Los resultados evidencian que persisten en los maestros imaginarios que presentan la diversidad como sinónimo de dificultad que entorpece el proceso, ya que la pedagogía que emplean se basa en modelos tradicionales de enseñanza que invisibilizan la diferencia y se da un trato igualitario para todos los aprendices, además consideran no estar suficientemente preparados para abordar la diversidad desde el aula. A partir de un proceso de reflexión sobre su quehacer, los maestros reconocen la necesidad de una práctica resignificada que facilite el desarrollo humano de los aprendices en todas sus dimensiones y potencialice al máximo las capacidades para aprender desde el despliegue de múltiples formas para enseñar, destacándose la necesidad de capacitación continua sobre inclusión educativa y el interés por articular su práctica actual con las didácticas flexibles.Palabras claves: diferencia, diversidad, equidad, igualdad, participación, reflexión.AbstractInclusion is more than access, for it involves minimizing the barriers to participation and learning. This research analyzes the possibilities of resignifying teaching practices with the mediation of the flexible didactics based on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The study seeks to reveal new possibilities of teaching in contexts of social vulnerability, attending to diversity as a value that enriches educational processes. In the face of a homogenizing and equal education that does not attend to the differences, it is sought an educational proposal in which it is learned to live not only with the differences, but also to learn of them. Results show that teachers still conceive diversity as a synonym for difficulty that impedes the educational process, since teachers’ methodology is based on traditional teaching models that obscure the differences and gives an equal treatment to all learners. Teachers also consider they are not trained enough to address diversity in the classroom. Based on reflection on their work and on the use of multiple ways of teaching, teachers recognize the need to give new meaning to their educational practice, facilitating learners’ human development and making the most of their learning abilities. Findings also highlight the need for a continuous training on inclusive education and the interest on articulating teachers’ current practices with flexible didactics.Keywords: difference, diversity, equity, equality, participation, reflection.


2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
ARMENUHI AVAGYAN ◽  
ARAKSYA SVAJYAN

In Armenia, children with mental and physical disorders have always been in the center of attention of the state and nation. The system of inclusive education, the statistics of enrollment of children with special needs in the educational process, inclusive education problems and development perspectives in the Republic are introduced as well. Keywords: inclusive school, individual educational plan, socialization, multiprofile team of specialists, educational needs of child, children with special needs.


Author(s):  
Fenlai Ji ◽  
Nadiia Kalashnyk ◽  
Raisa Chernovol-Tkachenko ◽  
Sinje Li ◽  
Zhijian Liu

The impetus and innovative idea for research was the rapid transformational changes in society. These changes were expressed in the experimental search activities of the development in education and other social and humanitarian sciences, which are now taking place in the world in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic and the maximum distanceization of processes, including educational ones. The authors concluded that these changes concern: teaching methods, organization and management of educational processes. In practical teaching, the authors noticed the peculiarities of soft competencies formation in distance learning. Unlike knowledge, soft competencies are formed in social interaction. It is completely different in content and forms of construction in online education than in the offline one. These changes in educational transformations and management of educational processes take place due to fundamental transformations under the influence of: scientific and technological progress, global security challenges, wide access to information, significant part of life virtualization, restructuring of the axis of the teaching paradigm, etc.The main idea of the article is focused on changes of soft competencies formation as they are understood in distance learning; also it was emphasized the changes, necessary for successful teachers' work management in this area. Research methods: general scientific (analysis, synthesis, collection of information, expert opinions, forecasting and modeling), special scientific (analysis of changes in law, recommended practices, observation, authors' own practice and fixation in changes in the educational results of their students).


Author(s):  
E. V. Shevchuk ◽  
A. V. Shpak

The article describes experience of creating and implementing information-managing educational environment at university. The model of creating information-managing educational environment of university with elements of artificial intelligence and indicative management is described. This environment contributes to improve quality of training and management of educational processes and resources. The stages of creating and implementing information-managing educational environment are considered systemically, as continuous process focused on a consumer. The inhibitory and facilitating conditions for introduction of the model at university are described. To provide subject-oriented approach to the use of information resources of environment, recommended clusters of information subsystems for each category of users are described.Practically implemented scientific and methodological recommendations for subjects of educational process to overcome resistance to innovations introduced in educational organizations are proposed.Features of adaptation of the developed information-managing educational environment for schools are presented.


2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Halis Sakız

Bu makale, Türkiye’de yoğun göç almakta olan Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi’ndeki okullarda, göçmen çocukların okullara dâhil edilmesine yönelik olarak idarecilerin düşünce, inanç ve tutumlarını inceleyen nitel bir araştırmanın sonuçlarını bildirmektedir. Araştırma özelde, okul yöneticilerinin göçmen çocukların kendi okullarında eğitilmesine yönelik tutumlarını, bu eğitimin önünde duran ve okul ikliminden kaynaklanan engelleri ve göçmen çocukların kendini ait hissettikleri bütünleştirici okul iklimleri inşa edilebilmesi için eğitim sistemindeki mevcut fırsatları ortaya koymayı amaçlamıştır. Araştırmada, 18 okul yöneticisinden nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden olan yarı-yapılandırılmış görüşmeler kullanılarak veri toplanmış ve bu veriler tematik analiz yöntemiyle çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda (i) okul yöneticilerinin göçmen çocuklara ayrıştırılmış ortamlarda eğitim verilmesini desteklediği ve kendi okullarında eğitim görmelerine dair olumsuz tutumlar beslediği, (ii) yapısal yetersizliklerin ve düşük toplumsal kabul düzeyinin göçmen çocukların eğitimine yönelik olumsuz tutumları önemli ölçüde etkilediği ve (iii) bütünleşik okul kültürlerinin oluşması için paydaşların psiko-sosyal ve yapısal anlamda desteklenmesi gerektiği ortaya çıkmıştır. ENGLISH ABSTRACTMigrant children and school cultures: A suggestion for inclusionThis article reports on the findings of an empirical research investigating the thoughts, beliefs and attitudes towards the inclusion of migrant children in the South-eastern region of Turkey which is currently exposed to intensive migration waves. Specifically, the article explores the attitudes of school administrators towards the education of migrant children in their schools, the barriers to this education stemming from the school culture and the opportunities in the education system to build inclusive school cultures in which migrant children can feel belonging to. The research employed 18 school administrators, utilized semi-structured interviews to collect qualitative data and analyzed them through thematic analysis. Findings showed that (a) school administrators supported education of migrant children in segregated environments and possessed negative attitudes towards their education in public schools; (b) structural limitations and low social acceptance levels affected the negative attitudes towards the education of migrant children and (c) stakeholders needed to be provided with psycho-social and structural support in order to establish inclusive school cultures.  Keywords: Migrant children; inclusive school culture; qualitative research; Turkey 


Author(s):  
V. Madhavi

In Inclusive Education each child should have the opportunity to experience meaningful challenges, exercise choice and responsibility, interact collaboratively with others, and be actively engaged in developmental, academic, non-academic, inter and intra personal activities as part of the educational process. Implementation of the plans, programmes and actions depend upon continuous community support, broad planning, training and evaluation. An adapted school environment is needed to suit the need of every child with disabilities.


2021 ◽  
pp. 027112142199083
Author(s):  
Hailey R. Love ◽  
Margaret R. Beneke

Multiple scholars have argued that early childhood inclusive education research and practice has often retained racialized, ableist notions of normal development, which can undermine efforts to advance justice and contribute to biased educational processes and practices. Racism and ableism intersect through the positioning of young children of Color as “at risk,” the use of normalizing practices to “fix” disability, and the exclusion of multiply marginalized young children from educational spaces and opportunities. Justice-driven inclusive education research is necessary to challenge such assumptions and reduce exclusionary practices. Disability Critical Race Theory extends inclusive education research by facilitating examinations of the ways racism and ableism interdependently uphold notions of normalcy and centering the perspectives of multiply marginalized children and families. We discuss constructions of normalcy in early childhood, define justice-driven inclusive education research and its potential contributions, and discuss DisCrit’s affordances for justice-driven inclusive education research with and for multiply marginalized young children and families.


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