INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: AIMS & SCOPE , GOALS , BELIEFS AND VALUES
AIMS & SCOPE
The Electronic Journal of Inclusive Education (EJIE) publishes research, reviews, scholarly writings and poetry concerning the inclusion of students with special learning needs in regular classrooms. The EJIE is concerned with inclusion issues at all levels of educational endeavors: research, administrative issues, classroom teaching and exemplary university student work.
The Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education defines inclusive education within the broad context of the following Council of Exceptional children guidelines.
Special Education has within its heritage the perspectives of advocacy for persons with exceptionalities and of embracing individual differences.
Therefore the purpose of the Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education is to support critical conversations concerning inclusion, multicultural issues, democratic ethics, and democratic schools. Many voices are encouraged to participate in these conversations through the writing of scholarly articles, reviews, research and poetry. Additionally those in academia are asked to submit exemplary pre-service teachers work dealing with these issues. Articles representative of a variety of disciplinary bases are accepted; the focus of the Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education is not limited to or slanted toward any specific method of inquiry or analysis, neither quantitative, qualitative, empirical nor rational.
Articles published in the EJIE may be reproduced for nonprofit use by any educational or public institution. Any commercial use of this journal in whole or in part by any means is strictly prohibited. Authors of accepted articles assign to the EJIE the right to publish and distribute their text electronically and to save it and make a permanently available electronically. Authors retain the copyright, and after it has appeared in the Electronic Journal of Inclusive Education they may publish it in any form they wish as long as the EJIE is acknowledged as the original source
Goals, Beliefs and Values
The goal of an inclusive education system is to provide all students with the most appropriate learning environments and opportunities for them to best achieve their potential.
- All children can learn and reach their full potential given opportunity, effective teaching and appropriate resources.
- Programs will be offered to best meet the individual needs of each child and student within the school community.
- A student's program must address the intellectual, learning, communication, social, emotional and physical aspects of a child's development.
- Parents play a key role in the education of their child in that they are the most complete information source and have the greatest investment in their child's future.
- “All students will have equitable opportunity to be included in the typical learning environment.” (Alberta Education 2010) This means educating children/students with special supports and service needs in inclusive settings is the first placement option, providing the opportunity to participate in regular classrooms with same-aged peers in their neighbourhood school.
- All students shall be given the opportunity to participate in all aspects of school life, subject to limitations based on reasonableness in each circumstance.
- Whenever possible, the student should be a partner in his/her educational program.
- Student program needs are best met by a team approach. For children and students to receive the services they need, school personnel will work together with service providers in the community.
- There must be a balance between individual and group rights within the classroom setting. In every case, the best educational interest of students is the paramount consideration for decision-making and programming.
- Awareness and support by the school community is essential to successful inclusion. Diversity must be valued in order for inclusion to be successful.
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