Schools should actively engage with research to support innovative approaches to enable all learners to progress.
Schools should develop systems and partnerships to ensure access to current research evidence. They should also support school-based research activity and allocate appropriate time for this form of collaborative professional learning and development. All stakeholders - teachers, learners, leaders - should develop a 'growth mindset', which sees hard work and persistence as contributing to success.
New Supporting Inclusive School Leadership project presented at Ireland Conference
The Agency’s new project was presented at a conference at Mary Immaculate College, Tipperary, Ireland on 19 June. The event focused on improving leadership skills, opportunities and relationships, and it featured two keynote speakers, two workshops and a presentation on Cosán, Ireland’s framework for teacher learning.
Agency representative Verity Donnelly gave a keynote about the Agency’s work, highlighting relevant work from recent projects:
Examining the Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion
The Agency recently published a literature review entitled Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion, which examines:
Country reports
Information on individual countries' approaches to Raising Achievement are now available online in the form of 22 individual country reports. These reports provide detailed information, collected via the project survey, on the specific legislation, policy and strategies for raising the achievement of all learners in inclusive settings. Many reports also provide practice examples.
Successful Policy Co-operation and Exchange Work
The Financing Policies for Inclusive Education Systems (FPIES) project was presented as an example of successful policy co-operation and exchange work between countries at a conference last week. The event was organised by the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (the Council), in co-operation with the Agency.
Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion: Final Summary Report
This final summary report outlines the 'Evidence of the Link Between Inclusive Education and Social Inclusion' literature review’s main findings and presents the key policy messages and considerations. The full literature review is available in print and in electronic format on the Agency’s website.
Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education - Messages from the Conference
The last event under the aegis of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (the Council) took place on 21 June 2018 in the Council. The conference entitled ‘Towards a European Education Area – Promoting Common Values and Inclusive Education’ was co-organised by the Agency.