A look at the networking of Laboratoire International sur l'Inclusion Scolaire (LISIS): Strengthening a collaborative culture for the mobilization of knowledge about inclusive education

Abstract

Knowledge Mobilization on inclusive inclusive education is one of the main objectives of Laboratoire International sur l'Inclusion Scolaire (LISIS). This work presents the emerging process of this idea during the last six years of network operation. The laboratory is constituted as a network of researchers/trainers organized in ten research teams, from twenty-two higher education institutions from five countries, which accompany transformation processes towards inclusion through action research as a general strategy. This work presents, through a case study (which is the net) the preliminary results about mobilization of the knowledge as a research topic on inclusive education. These acquires a practical character in the construction of more inclusive schools when researchers/trainers adopt positions and collaborative roles, acquire responsibilities and take into account the contextual constraints. Likewise, the work presents, in the discussion of the results, a reflection about the factors of networking that stimulate the advance of the inclusion. Also about the challenges that collaborative and participative research poses in an international network.