Framework of Analyzing Inclusive Education Development Sample Clauses

Framework of Analyzing Inclusive Education Development. In order to understand and to assess the impact of NGOs in inclusive education development, a conceptual framework provided by Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx (2002) was chosen. This framework known as The Index for Inclusion was developed by Xxxxx and Ainscow as a research-based tool created specifically to analyze the development and the implementation of an inclusive model of education. The conceptual framework has been often used in the research regarding inclusive education development (Nes, 2009; Duke, 2009; Xxxxxxxxxx & Xxxx, 2014). The Index consists of three dimensions which are creating inclusive cultures, producing inclusive policies and evolving inclusive practices. Each of these dimensions has further sections and guiding questions that cater for a variety of responses across different educational contexts. The first dimension of ‘inclusive cultures’ refers to the values and the principles that guide decisions about policies and practices. The second, inclusive policies include those policies and laws that welcome the diversity of learners and minimize exclusionary pressures. Lastly, inclusive practices reveal what methodological materials and resources exist and how the learning process is orchestrated. Although mostly used in schools, the authors suggest it could be applied more broadly across other educational contexts as an analytical framework indicating systemic strengths and challenges across each of the three dimensions. In order to form a holistic understanding of the role of civil society organization in developing inclusive education and to answer the research question, this framework was applied throughout the study.