Sustainable Education Systems: Addressing Barriers to Learning in an Inclusive Education System

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Norma Margaret Nel
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Sustainable Education

School geography in the curriculum and inclusive education in Germany, Finland, Denmark

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 166-169
Author(s):  
Nigar Mehman Guliyeva ◽  
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Rovshana Ikram Ahmadova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Educational Programs ◽  
System Level ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Limited Health ◽  
Geography Textbook

A number of countries have specially designed educational programs for both healthy and students with disabilities. Differences in the education systems of countries reveal differences in the teaching of geography and the application of inclusive education. This article provides information on the geography curriculum, syllabus, lesson hours, textbooks in Finland, Germany and Denmark’s secondary schools, and compares them with Azerbaijani schools. At the same time, the general content and differences of inclusive education in those countries are reflected. Key words: curriculum, geography textbook, education system, level of education,inclusive education, Limited Health Opportunities.

Developing Inclusive Schools in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Engelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Development ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Inclusive Schools

In South Africa, new legislation and policies on inclusive education in the post-apartheid era since 1994 have placed a strong emphasis on equity, equality, and human rights, as defined in the South African Constitution. As a result, a White Paper on building an inclusive education and training system was published in 2001. It acknowledges the failure of the education system to respond to the barriers to learning and development experienced by a substantial number of learners, including diverse learning needs caused by, for example, language, socioeconomic, or gender issues as well as disabilities. This policy document describes inclusive education as being based on the ideals of equity and equality and as a result recognizing and respecting learner and learning diversity within mainstream schools. As stated in the policy, in practice this means identifying and removing barriers in the education system to ensure that the full range of diverse learning needs are met in mainstream classrooms as well as providing support to learners and teachers in addressing barriers to learning and development. Research studies on the implementation of inclusive education in South Africa, however, are finding that despite the development of a wide range of implementation guidelines since 2007, complex interrelated issues continue to complicate the development of successful inclusive schools. These issues include a continued divergence of views of inclusive education with a continuing strong belief in special education and separate educational settings by most teachers, therefore leading to a resultant lack of clarity regarding the implementation of inclusive education at the level of local practice in schools and classrooms. These differences in the understanding of inclusive education and its enactment in diverse school contexts also bring the question of power and agency into South African debates about inclusive education: who should decide which version of inclusive education should be the goal of the development of inclusive education in a specific school district or a specific school. Furthermore, contextual issues including the lack of financial and human resources, for example effectively trained teachers, effectively functioning district educational support teams for schools in specific school districts, lack of textbooks, and overcrowded classrooms, play a dominant role in the development of effective inclusive schools.

Rethinking the notion of the high-performing education system: A Daoist response

2021 ◽  
pp. 174549992098369
Author(s):  
Charlene Tan
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Alternative Interpretation ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
High Performing ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
System A ◽  
High Performers ◽  
Major Implication

This article challenges the dominant notion of the ‘high-performing education system’ and offers an alternative interpretation from a Daoist perspective. The paper highlights two salient characteristics of such a system: its ability to outperform other education systems in international large-scale assessments; and its status as a positive or negative ‘reference society’. It is contended that external standards are applied and imposed on educational systems across the globe, judging a system to be high- or low- performing, and consequently worthy of emulation or deserving of criticism. Three cardinal Daoist principles that are drawn from the Zhuangzi are expounded: a rejection of an external and oppressive dao (way); the emptying of one’s heart-mind; and an ethics of difference. A major implication is a celebration of a plurality of high performers and reference societies, each unique in its own dao but converging on mutual learning and appreciation.

The major educational policies, models and ideas that have influenced Botswana’s education system

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 370-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mompoloki Mmangaka Bagwasi
Keyword(s):  
Education System ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Western Education ◽  
Educational Thinking

Botswana’s education system, like many other African systems, is greatly influenced by western educational ideas and models. This article reviews Botswana’s education system by examining the policies, models and ideas that have influenced its development. Specifically, the review involves tracing the development of the education system of Botswana from the pre-colonial era to the present and highlighting the educational ideas and models in use at each stage. Since most of the educational ideas are based on western models, the article seeks whatever Platonic underpinnings that might belie these ideas. This is because Plato is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of all time whose ideas on education are pervasive. His ideas have influenced western education systems as well as modern intellectual and educational thinking.

scholarly journals COMPARISON OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN SOUTH KOREA AND TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-137
Author(s):  
Seral Özturan ◽  
Didem İşlek
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Education System ◽  
Comparative Education ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
School Education ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Northern Cyprus

In this study; It is aimed to compare the pre-school education systems in South Korea and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus comparatively. The horizontal and descriptive approach used in comparative education studies for this purpose were used together. Using document analysis in the research; Pre-school education objectives, similarities in education system and similarities in the education system, from the Ministry of Education of  South Korea and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from the Ministry of Education, the laws of countries, official pre-school education reports, education systems, articles and online databases, data on differences, skills desired to be acquired in the curriculum and educational status of teachers working in preschool institutions were obtained.  

scholarly journals Thoughts on the higher education system in Poland. Changes – issues – evaluation. Part 1

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-137
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Grzywacz ◽  
Grażyna Miłkowska ◽  
Magdalena Piorunek ◽  
Lech Sałaciński
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
University Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Education Science

This report is a part of the results of the international project entitled “Studium in Osteuropa: Ausgewählte Aspekte (Analysen, Befunde)” conducted in the years 2013-2015 under supervision of Prof. Wilfried Schubarth and Dr Andreas Seidl from the Potsdam University, Department of Education Science, and Prof. Karsten Speck from the University of Oldenburg, Germany. The project was conducted jointly by representatives of academic centres from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Russia. Its general aim was a comparative analysis of the effects of implementation of Bologna Process directives into the higher education systems of the individual countries. The changes introduced into the higher education systems in the countries involved in the project were described and evaluated, discussed was in particular the problems of education of teachers at the university level. The following text is the result of the contribution of the Polish group participating in the project. The report will be presented in two parts. The first part is focused on the macro-societal context of transformations in the higher education system in Poland. The implementation of selected aspects of Bologna Process directives is described and supplemented by empirical comments. The second part deals with selected aspects of university level education of teachers, followed by a polemic against the assumptions and execution of the target transformations of higher education system.

scholarly journals INCLUSION AS AN INNOVATIVE WAY OF EDUCATIN DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (194) ◽  
pp. 24-29
Author(s):  
Olha Komar ◽  
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Valentina Pisnyak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Education Economics ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Systemic Innovation ◽  
High Level

The article examines the signs of systemic innovation on the example of the introduction of inclusive practices in modern conditions of Russian education modernization. The purpose of this article is based on the study of scientific-theoretical sources and the analysis and synthesis of innovative practices to substantiate the traits of a systemic innovation in inclusive education. The methodology of the article are legal documents in the field of education, reference and textbooks, nonfiction materials, as well as the work of foreign and domestic scientists, the credibility and scientific reputation which are recognized by the scientific community, and the achieved in prominence high level research inclusive education. Economics and pedagogy are determined on the basis of consideration of the conceptual apparatus from the standpoint of philosophy, as well as the essential and specific characteristics of innovation. The study of the evolution of innovation and the diversity of their types and types make it possible to present the classification system of innovation influence, the strength and scale of impact on the entire education system. There were outlined the allocated spot (local), linear (horizontal plane); structure (spherical, spatial, architectural); the fundamental (base); radical (actually the system); multidimensional (versatile, global) and nadcisnienie some innovation. By deduction the thesis that the introduction of inclusive education in mainstream educational space requires a system of development tailored to the specific socio-cultural conditions and educational policy is substantiated. In the text highlights of the most important directions of innovative activity of educational institutions (the creation of an inclusive culture, develop inclusive policies and the implementation of inclusive practices) is given. In conclusion it is emphasized that solving problems in the field of inclusion makes a significant transformation in all elements of the education system and the determined image optimize, improve and stimulate the educational environment at the regional and sectoral level, as befits a true system innovation. The conclusion is justified that the introduction of inclusive education in mainstream educational practice as a fundamental, structural, radical, multi-dimensional innovation system has sufficient resources to improve the quality and increase the efficiency of education.

scholarly journals Promoting Inclusive Education in Mongolia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Schelzig ◽  
Kirsty Newman
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Right

Children with disabilities suffer disproportionately from the learning crisis. Although they represent only about 1.5% to 5% of the child population, they comprise more than half of out-of-school children globally. Inspired by a commitment that every child has the right to quality education, a growing global drive for inclusive education promotes an education system where children with disabilities receive an appropriate and high-quality education that is delivered alongside their peers. The global commitment to inclusive education is captured in the Sustainable Development Goal 4—ensuring inclusive and equitable education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. This paper explores inclusive education for children with disabilities in Mongolia’s mainstream education system, based on a 2019 survey of more than 5,000 households; interviews with teachers, school administrators, education ministry officials, and social workers; and visits to schools and kindergartens in four provinces and one district of the capital city. Mongolia has developed a strong legal and policy framework for inclusive education aligned with international best practice, but implementation and capacity are lagging. This is illustrated using four indicators of inclusive education: inclusive culture, inclusive policies, inclusive practices, and inclusive physical environments. The conclusion presents a matrix of recommendations for government and education sector development partners.

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