Educational Policy and Governance

Curriculum

5 Sections
20 Lessons
3 Hours

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Introduction and Overview – Visions for an inclusive society
The 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 societies
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Unit A1: Educational Policy and Governance
The 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.
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Unit A2: Changemanagement
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Unit A3: Interning - practical experience
The 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).
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Unit A4: Professionalization in the Context of Theory and Practice
The 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.
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Local implementation of inclusive education

What significance do the international documents linked below have in the transformation process in your region or country?
How is inclusive education implemented or steered in your region or country to date, based on the above-mentioned documents? (Take into account your country’s reporting process to the UN or national action plans).
Does the resource allocation and financing in the education system in your region or country correspond to the requirements of the international documents? (You can use the self-reflection-instrument of the European Agency for inclusive education and special needs 2018.)

International Documents:

CRC (PDF)

UN-CRPD (PDF)

SDG: Sustainable Developement Goals

The meaning of educational governance

Educational Policy and Governance

Curriculum

Local implementation of inclusive education

International Documents:

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