Inclusive Education
Inclusion means “The state of being included.”
It is a right to promote the idea that all people should be freely and openly accommodated without restrictions or limitations of any kind.
It is about valuing all individuals, giving equal access and opportunities to all, and removing discrimination and other barriers to involvement.
Inclusion helps
- To build a sense of belonging to the diverse human family.
- To enhance self-respect.
- To evolve a feeling of being a member of a diverse community.
- To provide opportunities to be educated alongside peers of the same age.
Inclusive: All people should be freely and openly accommodated without restrictions and limitations of any kind.
Education: The process of receiving or giving systematic instructions, especially at a school, university, or any educational institution.
Inclusive Education: “education for all.”
Definition
According to UNESCO 2005 –
Inclusion is the process of addressing and responding to the diversity of needs of all learners.
– by increasing their participation in learning, cultures, and communities, and removing exclusion within and from education.
Education for All
The concept of the EFA (Education for All) movement, led by UNESCO which aims to meet the learning needs of children, youth, and adults worldwide.
Inclusion as Education for All is an approach to access quality education for all individuals regardless of their background, cultures, abilities, or any other circumstances.
Nature of Inclusive Education
- Differentiated Instructions
- No Sympathy
- Equitable in Nature
- Non Discrimination
- Quality education
- Equality and Gender Parity
- Lifelong Learning
- Education for all
Characteristics of Inclusive Education
- Education for all
- Discrimination-free learning
- Differentiated Instructions
- Flexible Curriculum
- Barrier-free learning
- Democratic Environment
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality and Parity
- Opportunities for all
- Sense of Belonging
- Participation
- Child-Centered Approach
- Comfortable Environment
- Self-esteem and Self-respect
- Involvement of parents and community
Needs of Inclusive Education
- To fulfill the constitutional responsibility
- To provide barrier-free learning
- For inclusion of children with Special Needs
- Universalization of Education
- For Equal Opportunity
- To raise Quality Education
- To develop a sense of belonging in special children
- To include special children in mainstream education
- To shift from separation to inclusive education
- Protection of rights
- Identification of needs
- Prepare for new challenges
- School for all
- Promotes a democratic and equal education system
- Differentiated instructions for diverse learning
- To respect diversity
In Inclusive Education, it looks upon the system as a problem, rather than the child as the problem. Integrated education only includes disabled and non-disabled students in regular schools without curriculum changes, neglecting the needs of special students; meanwhile, Inclusive Education adopts the needs of special children.
Inclusive Education Objective Questions Short Notes
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