This course provides you with comprehensive knowledge about the organisation of inclusive education at an international level. You will learn how organisations such as the UN, OECD and UNESCO understand and promote inclusion. The course teaches concepts of educational governance and their application in educational areas such as teacher training and school administration. After completing the course, you will be able to analyse, plan and implement inclusive education initiatives in your environment. You will gain the ability to shape educational policy and practice both locally and internationally and to develop and evaluate a network for inclusive education.
Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 20 Lessons
- 3 Hours
- Introduction and Overview – Visions for an inclusive societyThe Introduction and Overview contains a presentation of the course and an activating activity through which the participants have the opportunity to discover the dimensions of inclusive governance according to Ebersold & Meijer (2016) and the EU Commission (2018) and to express their opinions in this regard. The course participants also get to know the project partners and can listen to their experiences and visions for creating inclusive societies4
- Unit A1: Educational Policy and GovernanceThe unit Educational Policy and Governance allows course participants to deepen their knowledge of inclusive education and governance processes through key strategic documents by global stakeholders (such as the UN, OECD, UNESCO) and to reflect on regional implementation processes, as well as on their own experience and position. Furthermore, they will reflect on the connection between school quality and inclusive education.4
- Unit A2: Changemanagement4
- Unit A3: Interning - practical experienceThe unit Interning – Practical Experience (A3) conveys insights into the governance of inclusive education in the four project regions through videos by the Tübingen State Education Authority (Germany), the Generalitat de Catalunya – Catalonia (Spain), the Educational Authority Styria (Austria), and different actors working in South Tyrol (Italy).4
- 5.1Perspectives on inclusion: Insights into the Tübingen State Education Authority
- 5.2Perspectives on inclusion: Insights into the Generalitat de Catalunya – Catalonia
- 5.3Perspectives on inclusion: Insights into the Educational Authority Styria
- 5.4Perspectives on inclusion: Insights and visions from the field in South Tyrol
- Unit A4: Professionalization in the Context of Theory and PracticeThe unit Professionalization in the Context of Theory and Practice (A4) encourages the learners to reflect on participation and to formulate an own definition of inclusion. Starting from the reflection on the Actor & Network Maps referred to the project countries, they are called to position themselves and reflect on the respective fields of action, cooperation strategies and needs for improvement.4
Instructor
GovInEd is an Erasmus+ funded initiative operating across Germany, Austria, Italy, and Spain, bringing together higher education institutions and regional school authorities. Established in 2022, their expertise centers on fostering dialogue between European countries on educational reforms towards inclusion. Through their research and analysis of governance systems in inclusive education, GovInEd specializes in empowering stakeholders to implement effective reforms that align with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Their work focuses on multi-level governance analyses and the development of transnational, inter-level cooperation strategies in inclusive education reform.
