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INCLUES-News European Network for Inclusive and Cognitive Education supported by the European Commission's Comenius 3 action programme Want to join the INCLUES network and become an associated partner? There is nothing so easy, but important . Look here ...how |
N°4 September
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Dear Friends, This is the fourth Newsletter of the European INCLUES Network. While most of us are taking up various tasks at the beginning of school and academic year, we are faced with the hassle of existing and new challenges in trying to get excluded children included. In some countries of Europe, parents don't have to fight to get their children included, but still, it remains a fight - or is it better to say an endeavour - to obtain the right attitudes, the right programmes, the right energy, a welcoming attitude, enough finances to obtain assistance. Nowhere is it evident. Even in a country as The Netherlands, where parents actually receive money from the state to pay for assistance, but normal schools are very resistant on the whole to take children with special needs. Even in Italy, where children have a right to be in mainstream school and have a right to assistance and a special programme, daily practice is not evident and requires a lot of commitment from many people. Even in the U.K., where inclusive education is promoted and the state also provides for resources, there are huge inequalities between regions as to inclusive practice, as is shown in the CSIE' recent report. Money clearly is not enough. In Latvia, without any extra money, some schools actually are doing inclusion. In Belgium as well. Sometimes I get depressed when I see how slow changes are made towards more inclusive education. In France, during the last summer course in Paris where more than 300 people came to study Feuerstein's methodology on mediated learning and enhancement of learning potential, there was a strong French group of parents of children with disabilities who showed their power to do something different. It gave me a renewed sense of purpose of this kind of meetings. Our common endeavour becomes more powerful if each of us feels connected. We can use the metaphor of the internet: though there is a lot of junk on the net, it is a wonderful tool to spread useful information as well. We are very glad to welcome on board our new "official" partner in the UK, the Centre for the Studies of Inclusive Education from Bristol, experts in advocacy and campaigning. Just what we lacked up till now. We also remind you to sign in for the Prague conference end of October
All the best and keep up the spirits! |
International INCLUES Network Conference, Prague October 30th-Nov2nd 2005. If you want to find together in one spot some of the world renown experts in inclusive and cognitive education such as Prof. Reuven Feuerstein, Sue Buckley, Dario Ianes, Peder Haug, and many others, come to Prague. And exchange with colleagues from all over Europe, to learn in workshops about new methods for maths teaching, mediated learning and concept teaching. Register now! |
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The iron curtain in education is finally falling down. Last Inclues Network Conference took place in Riga from 6-9th of May and focussed on quality criteria, teacher training in order to organise good inclusive classrooms for a variety of different learners; A good inclusive teacher starts with developing new competencies. |
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| Inclues needs you! Why it is important to become an Associated Partner to the Inclues network. See the dynamics that have been created by doing so in Latvia. |
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| Are Local Education Authorities in England abandoning inclusive education? New statistics report for England shows very little progress towards inclusion nationally, 2002-2004, writes Inclues partners Centre for the Study of Inclusive Education. |
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