Transatlantic Conversations about Inclusive Education: France and Nova Scotia

Abstract

Inclusive education has become an international educational priority with the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This article compares and analyses in depth two different educational systems on two continents with regard to their development of inclusive education and their current issues with this policy. France and Nova Scotia, a Canadian province, have two different traditions of schooling and of the education of children with disabilities. The article will compare the educational systems, educational policies, definitions of inclusive education, and the shifting teachers' roles and responsibilities. Two case studies will be used to contextualize the layers of meaning underlying inclusive education.

Recognizing and Respecting the Rights of Children with Disabilities in the Classroom

“…We still do not know nearly enough about how children with disabilities are experiencing inclusive education, and in what ways we might need to change that. Children and youth have, at times, expressed their issues with the inclusive system, and why they would prefer to be in a specialized setting (see Pitt & Curtin, 2004;Schneider & Harkins, 2009), which shows that in order to be truly inclusive, the mainstream settings need to change. By listening to the children, and their families, who the system is working to include, the quality of inclusive education could be considerably enhanced (Naraian, 2013).…”

Инклюзивное, Интегративное, Интегральное Образование В Современном Мире: Общее И Различное В Подходах.

“…В статье "Трансатлантическая беседа об инклюзивном образовании" [15] находим мысли, значимые в контексте нашей работы: об идеологических основах инклюзивного образования, о конституционных его основах, а также о том, как в инклюзивном образовании следует воспринимать учеников "с особыми потребностями". "Инклюзивное образование политически основано, исторически укоренилось и социально сконструировано и пересекается с культурой и социальным развитием.…”