According to the declaration of the International Office of Education of UNESCO, inclusive education is not only a privilege but an inalienable right of every child. Meanwhile, students with special needs are one of the largest groups that are marginalized and denied access to education in a meaningful way. The present study seeks to identify the…

In this first paper of the Symposium: Strategies that promote inclusive mathematics education, we introduce the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines through a mathematics lens. Using a rapid review, empirical studies on mathematics and UDL in early years, primary, or secondary school settings were sought. Six research papers were…

This paper reports on an innovative project which enhanced professional learning for in-service and pre-service teachers in a regional setting. By fostering collaborative mentor-mentee relationships and co-designing professional development activities, the project improved mathematics teaching practices and student outcomes. Utilising Breakspear's…

Language should be inclusive. This implies that it should be accessible for as many people as possible. The concept of easy-to-read language ("Leichte Sprache," LS) developed for this purpose and primarily for people with learning difficulties is beneficial for L2 learners of German as well. Inclusive language also entails the aspect of…

Background: Women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQIA+ people have historically been excluded from the engineering profession. When they do pursue engineering, they often face challenges within both education and industry. Retention is a growing issue; for example, women in industry have significantly higher turnover rates than men.…

The proportion of individuals with intellectual disabilities in Myanmar has risen significantly over the past decade, highlighting the growing need for inclusive education and support systems. However, the inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in general education settings remains slow. The current study examines the challenges and…

The objectives of the present study were, on the one hand, to analyse the internal consistency of four questionnaires referring to the perception and knowledge of inclusion and cooperative learning (CL), and on the other, to discover the perception and knowledge of inclusion and CL in Physical Education (PE) of university students studying courses…

This paper provides a comparative analysis of national rationales to higher education internationalization in the global north and south countries using content analysis. The results reveal that the socio-economic rationales are dominant across most of the 27 sampled countries. However, they manifest differently across the global north and global…

This book offers a much-needed look at the impact of our attainment-driven education system on those children considered 'low attainers'. It reveals how difficult they find it to feel good about themselves, their capacity to learn and their futures, as well as shedding light on the role schools are playing in maintaining inequality and the…

Centered on personal reflection and storytelling, this volume weaves together narratives of educational resilience, kinship, and auntie support to highlight the importance of Indigenous perspectives in all learning spaces. Bringing together the experiences of community members, students, mothers, aunties, and academics, it shows how the voices of…

Rural Community Colleges serve as community hubs for their regions and often times provide the only access to higher education for miles around. Like community colleges around the country, rural community colleges also provide access to Students of Color at greater rates than their 4-year university peers. Yet, equity-driven practices in rural…

High-quality teaching is vital for accommodating the individualised learning needs of diverse students. However, compared with specific explicit teaching practices, teaching styles that determine their use of teaching methods have received much less attention. This study investigated the contributions of inclusive education teachers' work…

Many scholars have documented the critical importance of youth having access to spaces of joy and homeplaces in which they learn to matter. Research has shown that Black LGBTQ+ youth often struggle to locate homeplaces and spaces of joy in K-12 schooling contexts due to societal beliefs flowing from anti-blackness, (hetero)sexism, homophobia,…

Inclusive education refers to an educational approach in which all students can learn and participate in the mainstream school system. The successful implementation of inclusive practices is strongly determined by teachers' attitudes toward inclusive education and teacher training is one of several factors influencing these attitudes. Given the…

Vice Chancellors, Presidents, or Rectors occupy elite public positions in universities. A cursory glance of the roll call of names across elite universities ('top 100') globally reveals the dominance of white males. Research has given us some insight into the profiles of these senior leaders and their selection, but not with a particular focus on…