The article discusses results of a study that evaluated university students' competencies related to inclusive education. The study aimed to find out how prospective school counselors, who were familiar with theories on inclusion as an educational concept and had some relevant field experience, analyzed and reflected upon inclusion-related, real-life situations. The authors also aimed to establish any differences in views and explanations depending on students' average grades and whether students have experience working in inclusive settings. A questionnaire was developed that consisted of seven questions related to independent variables (e.g., average grade, experience with working in inclusive settings) and six open-ended questions related to a real-life situation. The results indicate that most students understand at least the basic elements of the broader definition of inclusion and can provide some ideas for improvement of practice. Interestingly, students' grades do not seem to be a decisive factor, but field experience does play a role in students' competencies related to inclusive education.
Članek prinaša rezultate pilotne raziskave, v kateri so preučevali izkušnje učiteljev s poučevanjem dijakov migrantskega ozadja v poklicnem in strokovnem izobraževanju. Področje je v Sloveniji neraziskano, hkrati pa podatki kažejo, da se v ta segment izobraževanja vključuje večji delež teh dijakov v primerjavi z dijaki, opredeljenimi kot Slovenci. Rezultati nakazujejo na pomanjkljivosti na področju statističnih podatkov, kot problem se kaže obravnava dijakov migrantskega ozadja kot dijakov s posebnimi potrebami, spodbudne pa so ugotovitve o dokajšnji senzibilnosti učiteljev in njihovi veliki iznajdljivosti pri iskanju načinov vključevanja dijakov v pouk. Zdi se, da se učitelji in šole trudijo pomagati dijakom po svojih najboljših močeh, pri čemer številne možnosti udejanjanja načela interkulturnosti še zdaleč niso izčrpane. članek se končuje z razčlenjenimi predpostavkami za nadaljnje raziskovanje.
The article considers the Europeanization of education, a process that is taking place in the European Union (EU) as a result of the establishment of a common education policy and that is playing a part in determining the development of education policies in EU member states and candidate countries. The concept of Europeanization serves as a methodological tool with which to analyze one of the fundamental political instruments of European education policy, namely, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF), and also the national qualifications frameworks (NQFs) that are emerging under its influence. In the case of our analysis of the NQF that has been prepared by Slovenia, we demonstrate that the formulation of the EQF and NQFs in the EU is influenced by two factors: by the Anglo-Saxon countries, which were the first to establish a qualifications framework of the modern type, and by global neoliberal policy, with its tendency toward the deregulation, marketization, and commodification of education. At the same time, we tried to show that NQFs in continental Europe have resulted, by virtue of their local specificities, in frameworks that differ considerably from qualifications in the Anglo-Saxon countries. It appears that the effects of globalization and Europeanization on education are unpredictable, because policies are never simply copied into national systems.
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