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Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------in how education is experienced (Hopkins &
Jackson, 2002)
INCLUSION STARTS FROM A RECOGNITION OF THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN STUDENTS.
Inclusion in education involves…
● Valuing all students and staff equally.
● Increasing the participation of students in, and
reducing their exclusion from, the cultures,
curricula and communities of local schools.
●Restructuring the cultures, policies and practices
in schools
● Reducing barriers to learning and participation for
all students
● Learning from attempts to overcome barriers to
the access
● Viewing the difference between students as
resources to support learning
●Acknowledging the right of students to an
education
●Improving schools for staff as well as for students.
●Emphasising the role of schools in building
community and developing values
●Fostering mutually sustaining relationships
between schools and communities (Booth &
Ainscow, 1998).
collaborating, stimulating community, in which
everyone is valued as the foundation for the highest
achievements of all. It develops shared inclusive
values that are conveyed to all new staff, students,
governors and parents/carers.
producing inclusive policies
This dimension makes sure that inclusion
permeates all school plans. Policies encourage the
participation of students and staff from the moment
they join the school, reach out to all students in the
locality and minimise exclusionary pressures. And
evolving inclusive practices
This dimension develops school practices which
reflect the inclusive cultures and policies of the
school. Lessons are made responsive to student
diversity (Booth & Ainscow, 1998).
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN ALL ASPECTS OF THEIR EDUCATION.
INCLUSION IN EDUCATION IS ONE ASPECT OF
INCLUSION IN SOCIETY.
Inclusion and exclusion’s dimensions of school
improvement…
Inclusion and exclusion are explored along three
interconnected dimensions of school improvement:
creating inclusive cultures
This dimension creates a secure, accepting,
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