Search results for "INCLUSIVE EDUCATION"
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The 21st Century Reforms (Re)Shaping the Education Policy of Inclusive and Special Education in Finland
2021
In recent decades, an essential global aim of the reforms of special education has been the promotion of inclusive education. This article discusses the implementation of reforms with a focus on tiered support systems in the context of Finnish comprehensive school education. Based on earlier literature, legislation, and administrative documents, we provide a background for Finnish education policy and special education reforms. The focus of this article is on the description of parallel reforms targeting the re-structuring of the systems around support for students and funding of education in the 2010s. We discuss the processes leading to these reforms and the reforms themselves. In additio…
Alumni in fabula. Rappresentazione e promozione di valori inclusivi mediante l’uso di arti performative nella formazione dei futuri docenti
2022
Academic literature provides us with evidence supporting the demand to device teacher training programs able to aim awareness and reflection about inclusive education themes, moving beyond the only theorical and technical knowledge. The present paper proposes to show a pedagogical experience aimed at Primary Education students of Palermo University, which intends to promote a process of critical thinking on the representation and conceptualization of disability and in‐ clusion, through a training methodology based on the use of performing arts for improving traditional Problem‐based Learning approaches.
An analysis of English teachers’ self-efficacy in relation to SEN and disability and its implications in a changing SEN policy context
2016
AbstractPolicy and practice in relation to meeting the diverse needs of all children, including those with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities, is in a state of change in the UK. As a result, there is growing interest in and understanding of the need to focus on factors which impact on teachers’ levels of self-efficacy in meeting the needs of learners with SEN, and the implications of this for further development and training. The research reported in this paper gathered data from teachers at a unique time in the transition of policy and practice in England. Through a quantitative analysis of a questionnaire completed by 213 teachers from a variety of teaching settings, data re…
Organization of support to children from dysfunctional families in school within the framework of inclusion in Belarus
2017
Shestunova Tatsiana, 2017. Organization of Support to Children from Dysfunctional Families in School within the Framework of Inclusion in Belarus. Master's Thesis in Education. University of Jyväskylä. Department of Education. Inclusion has been seen in many communities as a useful strategy in addressing learners’ diversity. Children from dysfunctional background usually have various needs and problems. The theoretical framework of inclusion was used as a lens to study the support to the needs of diverse learners, including children form dysfunctional families, from the school part in Belarus. The purpose of the study was to understand how the scope of support to children from dysfunctional…
La Self-Efficacy dell’insegnante per l’inclusione
2020
Gli studi sulla Self-Efficacy, da circa un ventennio, si stanno interessando, con non poche difficoltà, del contesto educativo, in particolare il focus della ricerca si è spostato recentemente sulla figura del docente. Le convinzioni che gli insegnanti possiedono sulla propria Self-Efficacy influenzano, non solo il loro modo di lavorare, ma soprattutto gli esiti di apprendimento e il senso di autoefficacia degli allievi. La percezione di autoefficacia degli insegnanti nel costruire ambienti di apprendimento inclusivi assume indubbiamente un ruolo ancora più importante. Il presente contributo indaga tale costrutto in un campione di 503 studenti iscritti al corso per il conseguimento della sp…
Technical paper on education and disability (inclusive education)
2014
Access and participation in education service rate of people with disabilities is generally lower than the rest of the population; similarly, it is also noted disparities among those who are going to school, these disparities are based on the type of disability and the contexts. Approaches of schooling persons with disabilities also depend on the definition of disability and the choice made between the medical model and the social model. Few statistics on the education of persons with disabilities are available which sometimes makes their needs unseen. The education of individuals with Disabilities has experienced various forms; today, with a view to the inclusion of persons with disabiliti…
Exploring the role of teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education, their self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management in teache…
2023
Using a sample of 384 Finnish teachers, in this study we explored how teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in behaviour management affect their behaviours in teaching appropriate behaviours to students, and how teachers' attitudes, self-efficacy, and collective efficacy mediate the effect of background variables on teacher behaviour. The results revealed that teachers’ self-efficacy and collective efficacy significantly predicted their behaviour. The number of students with attention or behavioural problems has an indirect negative effect on teacher behaviour, mediated by teacher self-efficacy. peerReviewed
Instrument Validation to Measure Teachers' Perceptions of Universal Design for Learning
2019
Resumen: El diseño universal para el aprendizaje (dua) ha sido estudiando en los últimos años como modelo para responder a la diversidad en el aula. Sin embargo, hay pocas investigaciones que proporcionen datos sobre su eficacia. El objetivo de este artículo es validar una herramienta que permita evaluar las percepciones basadas en dua de los profesionales, a través del análisis factorial confirmatorio de una muestra de 230 profesionales. Para ello, una escala fue creada con 26 ítems: 9 ítems para el principio 1, 8 ítems para el principio 2 y 9 ítems para el principio 3. Los resultados muestran que la escala tenía una solución confirmatoria válida de tres factores, índices de confiabilidad …
Analysis of the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Knowledge of Cuban Teachers in Primary Schools and Preschools
2022
Teachers’ knowledge of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) plays a key role in the successful inclusion of children with ASD in regular schools. The objective of this study was to analyze Cuban teachers’ knowledge of ASD of at inclusive primary schools and preschools and to compare it with the results obtained in previous studies carried out at an international level. To do this, a cross-sectional study was conducted with Cuban teachers from urban and rural areas throughout the country. The sample was selected using a non-probabilistic technique. In total, 131 primary school and preschool teachers participated. Data were collected by applying the Autism Knowledge Questionnaire (AKQ) …
Helping Low Achievers to Succeed in Tertiary Education: Explicit Teaching of Academic Literacy as a Way to Positive Educational Experiences
2016
Since tertiary schools in Poland have started admitting all low-achieving students who are willing to continue their education, there is an urgent need to help the low-achievers, who have become a majority in many classes, to stay and succeed in college. Academic teachers are facing the challenge of how to adapt their teaching to suit the needs of these students. The paper looks for a way to teach an introductory linguistics course to students of English whose academic skills are insufficient for tertiary study, but the discussion is relevant to teaching all introductory academic courses. It addresses the issue of how to integrate content instruction with explicit teaching of academic liter…