INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN EUROPE AND IN KOSOVO

Year 2017, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 134 - 142, 01.09.2017

Vedat Bajrami

Abstract

Inclusive education today is a main issue and
requirement of all European institutions in the European Union, the European
Council, among experts, NGOs and individuals. This research represents a study
of different concepts and implementation of inclusive education in Europe and
Kosovo. The paper is a result of a research of education systems, systems of
support, legislation and evaluation of positive practice in the countries of
the European Union and Kosovo. After the elaboration of the basic philosophy of
inclusive education, which shows that inclusive education is the best solution
to include the children with special educational needs (further SEN) in the
education system, the main research questions were indentified for this study.
The aim of the research, besides defining the most current definitions, is
description of education systems of individual countries, practical review of inclusion of
children with disabilities and children in multilingual environments, financial
capabilities of implementation of inclusive process and prevalence of the
groups of children engaged in the research. The research sample consists of 6
countries from Europe and Kosovo. The condition for the research countries to
be included in the sample is based on the population number not being larger
than 8 million. Because of the relevance of the comparative analysis, two older
state members of the European Union were chosen (Austria, the Flemish and the
French region of Belgium), two members of the European Union (Estonia and
Slovenia), two Scandinavian countries (Finland and Norway) and Kosovo. Kosovo
has received the status of a potential candidate for European Union membership.

Keywords

Children with special educational needs, children with disabilities, inclusive education, European Union, Kosovo

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