Learning from our neighbours : inclusive education in the making

• Other Authors: Kesälahti, Essi, Väyrynen, Sai, fi=Kasvatustieteiden tiedekunta|en=Faculty of Education|
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: fi=Lapin yliopisto|en=University of Lapland| 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Murmansk; Norway; Arkhangelsk; Lapland
• Online Access: http://lauda.ulapland.fi/handle/10024/59480

Learning from Our Neighbours: Inclusive Education in the Making The publication concentrates on different aspects of inclusion in education. It opens up the diverse ways inclusion is being approached and features some instructive examples of how to implement it in the school world. The publication is produced within the framework of ‘A School for All – Development of Inclusive Education’ project, aiming at developing inclusion in schools and teacher education. Inclusive education is informed by the principle that every child has the right to attend his/her local school and receive necessary support for learning there, in the mainstream class, instead of being placed in special schools and –classes due to his/her learning needs. The publication is based on benchmarking visits carried out by the project participants. The purpose of the visits to schools and universities in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Russia and Finland was to learn from each other’s practices. A particular attention was also paid to different ways of understanding inclusion, to the legislative basis of inclusion and to teacher education in these countries. The project participants wrote reports on these visits and this publication is an extended compilation and elaboration of those reports. This publication is directed to professionals involved in the field of education; to teachers, teacher students, teacher educators and generally for everyone interested in inclusion. A School for All – Development of Inclusive Education project is coordinated by the University of Lapland in Finland and the scientific director is Dr Sai Väyrynen. Project partners in Russia include Northern Arctic Federal University in Arkhangelsk, Murmansk State Humanities University, the Ministries of Science and Education in Arkhangelsk and Murmansk Regions and Murmansk Regional State Educational Institution of Additional Vocational Education ‘Murmansk Regional In-Service Training Institute for Education’. The project is funded by the KOLARCTIC ENPI 2007-2013 –program. Julkaistu versio