| Activities
included: |
During the three days of the second roundtable, participants engaged in a number of activites relating to the disability issues being discussed. These included:
- A framework of action for the implementation of Inclusive Education: a step-by-step guide
- Areas for research
- Ways to change community attitudes
- How to mainstream Inclusive Education beyond the education sector
- Good practice guidelines
- What to do when Inclusive Education is not appropriate
Participants also presented their own experiences to the group. These included;
- The background of Inclusive Education
- The Biwako Millennium Framework and the Draft International Convention on Persons with Disabilities
- The development of Inclusive Education in Cambodia
- The development of Inclusive Education in Laos
- UNESCO and its promotion of Inclusive Education in the Asia-Pacific region
The individual activities and talks are presented below:
| Summary of activities |
Framework of action for the implementation
of Inclusive Education: a step-by-step approach |
Suggestions of further research in Inclusive Education - Participants looked at both the research that is necessary and the reasons why. |
| Changing community attitudes to disability-
group work focused on this crucial aspect to mainstreaming disability
and encouraging schools to become involved with Inclusive Education.
Participants set out the problems and drew up solutions. Read the ideas here (Word, 1page 30 KB) |
| Recommendations for
mainstreaming Inclusive Education in the education sector and beyond
Read the recommendations here (Word, 1 page 22 KB) |
The following presentations were shown at the roundtable.
| Summary of presentations |
Background to Inclusive Education - Susie Miles, Enabling Education Network (EENET)- Susie's presentation was based on the paper 'Inclusive Education: Key issues and debates. It covered concepts and definitions, international agreements and key issues. |
The
Biwako Millennium Framework (BMF) and the Draft International Convention
on Disability - Aiko Akiyama, United National Economic and Social
Commission on Asia and Pacific (UNESCAP)- Aiko intorduced
participants to the role of UNESCAP and how the work of UNESCAP
fits in with the BMF |
A
summary of Inclusive Education in Cambodia
-The presentation gave an outline of how the IE
programme was structured in Cambodia, the current situation and
how government plans for future devlopment, including awareness
raising, teacher training, expansion of pilot projects, and the
development of networks. |
A
summary of Inclusive Education in Laos - Sithath Outhaithany, Ministry
of Education, Lao PDR - Sithath's presentation gave
an overview of the situation in Laos and how the programme had developed,
how the programme was structured and its achievements to date. |
Promoting
Inclusive Education in the Asia-Pacific region - Olof Sandkull,
UNESCO - Olof discussed the roots of the movement
towards Inclusive Education and the importance of the Salamanca
World Conference on Special Needs in 1994 and the Daka World Education
Forum in 2000. Olof shared one of UNESCO's resources - "Toolkit
for Creating Inclusive, Learning -friendly environments." The
toolkit is for teachers and school administrators and offers a holistic,
practical approach to IE. |
