Inclusive education and effective classroom practices

Abstract

This report contains an overview of the findings of the first phase of the Classroom and School Practice project. The project is focused on revealing, analysing, describing and disseminating classroom practices in inclusive settings in such a way that European teachers can implement inclusive practices on a wider scale in their classrooms. The project is mainly focused on primary education; however, an extension to the secondary phase is planned for the near future. The complete study consists of three phases. In the first phase a literature review has been conducted in the participating countries in order to reveal the current state of the art of effective inclusive practices. In addition, an international (mainly American) literature review was conducted in this phase. This part of the project addresses the question: which practices have proven to be effective in inclusive education? In the second phase, an attempt will be made to select concrete examples of good practices and to describe them in a systematic way. In the final phase, exchanges between different countries are organized in such a way that transfer of knowledge and practices are maximized.