For a Pedagogy of Inclusion. A Brief Overview of the Current Research on Inclusive Education

Abstract

Research on inclusive education began in 1990 and involved various organizations and professionals. Researchers looked at inclusive education as a complex and controversial concept, a direction of change for the educational systems. This study presents a synthesis of the research on inclusive education covering three periods. The first studies have analyzed which place is better for the schooling of children with disabilities (the question where?). In the second period, the preoccupation was to find ways for teaching all children together (the question of how?). Nowadays researchers are looking more for individual solutions and new pedagogical perspectives to understand children learning in order to suggest new changes. More recently the need for constructing a pedagogy of inclusion appeared: multidisciplinary, non-categorical, and based on individual support and cooperation and providing effective learning environments for all.