How much is itpossible to achieve inclusive education in schools today? This question is raising serious attention and sparking strong debates nowadyas among school professionals and stakeholders.

Schools in many countries are launching new interesting projects and set up original educational interventions to that aim.

In this starting fase is especially valuable to see what practices based on the Index for Inclusion approach have already been developed and established in Italy and abroad.

The seminar goal is not to identify pedagogical models, but to offer an overview of good practices and reflections from which we can take the cue and start to build a network of relationships and mutual exchanges about inclusive education.

The seminar will introduce the projects implemented in schools of Norfolk (UK), Turin, and Bergamo. We will also offer a critical review of first year fieldwork with the «Index in tour», held in collaboration with WeWorld.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Programme

 

 9.00 Opening

 9.30 Neil Toplis, Dereham St Nicholas Junior School, Norfolk (UK)

        What a head teacher can do to support inclusion in school

11.00 Break

11.15 Paola Damiani, Piedmont Office of Education

        Fostering inclusion in school: the Turin experience with the Index

11.45 Fabio Dovigo, Anna Pietrocarlo, University of Bergamo

          The index in tour, or promoting inclusion step by step

12.15 Bergamo Local Centre for Inclusion

         An invitation to travel: working with the Index for Inclusion

12.45 Conclusions

Seminar materials

 

Audio, pictures and slides are available on this link