Preparing Primary Teachers to Lead Inclusive Learning

From 4^th to 8^th of March 2018, University of Cordoba, Spain held a meeting of the Erasmus+ project Primary teachers to lead inclusive learning (PReTTi). Participants from NART – Bulgaria, RAABE Bulgaria, SU ‘Vasil Kanchov” - Vratsa, University of Bucharest, University of Cordoba, VÚDPaP – Slovakia, Základná škola Dubová – Bratislava took part in the event.  

The training was divided into two major sessions, following the structure of PRETTi Handbook:

The final dissemination conference „Preparing primary teachers to lead inclusive learning“ will take place on September,28, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The aim of the conference is to get together primary school teachers, headmasters, national authorities’ representatives and other relevant stakeholders.

During the conference the results of the project and the PRETTi Handbook will be presented before all the stakeholders. The conference will be with an international scope with at least 100 local and 50 foreign participants.

Inclusive education is based on an attitude towards educating students with special needs. Essentially, it does not differentiate between students who are typically developing and students who are not. It is about educating all students, alongside same-age peers and peers with varying abilities, in a general education classroom.

Inclusive education is reliant on student access to curriculum. Here are 10 items that can make the classroom environment more inclusive:

1. A Large Table