e-Pedagogium 2012, 12(4):44-58 | DOI: 10.5507/epd.2012.049

Cooperation as one of the Characteristic Features of Inclusion

Jiří Havel, Jana Kratochvílová
Mgr. Jiří Havel, Ph.D., Mgr. Jana Kratochvílová, Ph.D., Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Poříčí 31, 603 00 Brno, Czech Republic, E-mail: havel@ped.muni.cz, Phone: +420 549 491 674, E-mail: kratochvilova@ped.muni.cz, Phone: +420 549 495 216

We perceive communication, cooperation, application of differentiation and individualization, maximum expectation from pupils and respect among participants of education as characteristic features of inclusive education. In this paper we carry out an qualitative and quantitative analysis of data gained from six selected indicators relating to the cooperation in Czech primary schools, which we perceive as a necessary condition for inclusion. As a research tool we used the Czech version of the questionnaire Framework for Self-evaluation of Conditions of Education 2007 from which we have selected criteria specifying the characteristics of cooperation that we have analyzed.

Keywords: Primary education, special educational needs, inclusion, cooperation

Published: August 1, 2012  Show citation

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Havel, J., & Kratochvílová, J. (2012). Cooperation as one of the Characteristic Features of Inclusion. e-Pedagogium, 12(4), 44-58. doi: 10.5507/epd.2012.049
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