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Educational Policy and Governance

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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Your opinion is needed!

According to Ebersold & Meijer (2016) and the EU Commission (2018), the following governance dimensions are considered particularly important for steering processes for inclusive education.

Based on an idea by Katja Beck (2023) and digitally implemented by Daniel Autenrieth (2024), a real-time feedback activity was developed.

Please assess the development in these dimensions from your own personal perspective with a view to managing inclusive education in your region, THANK YOU!

Survey and comparison

Reflection questions

The participants are invited to reflect on the governance dimensions according to Ebersold & Meijer (2016) and the EU Commission (2018). They are then invited to carry out the first activation exercise of the curriculum. This allows you to self-reflect and interpret your assessment in comparison with all people from your own educational region and all other educational regions in the project.

Outcome check

After the activity, the participants know the dimensions of governance processes (Ebersold & Meijer, 2016; EU Commission, 2018) and have reflected on them from a personal perspective.

Literature

Ebersold, S. & Meijer, C. (2016). Implementing Inclusive Education: Issues in Bridging the Policy-Practice Gap International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Volume 8, 3762.

European Commission (2018). European ideas for better learning: The governance of school education systems. Produced by the ET 2020 Working Group Schools. https://learningportal.iiep.unesco.org/es/biblioteca/european-ideas-for-better-learning-the-governance-of-school-education-systems-the-final

The project partners introduce themselves and their visions

Understanding inclusive education

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Educational Policy and Governance

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Your opinion is needed!

Reflection questions

Outcome check

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