Teaching diverse learners in Europe: inspiring practices and lessons learned from Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Spain and Sweden
ENInclusive education has become a global goal. This aim is supported by the recognition of the human right to education for all and the vision of democratic society that values diversity in all its facets. Engaging pupil diversity to enhance learning remains a challenging task for teachers in schools everywhere, as educa- tion for all is extended to become universal. Yet successfully supporting diverse pupils in their learning processes has always been at the heart of outstanding pedagogy. Across Europe we find significant variation in both the extent and the quality of inclusive schooling based on a range of institutionalized structures and ultures evident in the organizational settings and teaching practices of heterogeneous edu- cation systems (European Commission, 2017). Promoting the cooperation of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners in places with differing traditions in (more or less) inclusive schooling is simultaneously a key task for comparative researchers and a key goal for European education decision-makers. [Extract, p. 321]
