POTENTIAL - Power to Teach All. Competence development to create inclusive learning environments.

Schools and teachers around the world are facing a growing diversity and increasing complexity (social inequality, labeling, …). In the past, pupils' assignments to classrooms and schools have rather fostered segregation than encouraged inclusion. Today, we see a tendency towards more inclusive learning environments (cf. amongst others, the UN Convention of 2007, ratified by Belgium in 2009). However, this poses enormous challenges to the professional development of (pre-service) teachers and teams. The main objective of the project 'POTENTIAL', Power to Teach All, is to develop the competences of (pre-service) teachers and school teams to create inclusive learning environments. This objective is valuable both from a social and economic perspective. From a social perspective, the project 'POTENTIAL' aims at reducing segregation in education. From an economic perspective, the value of the project 'POTENTIAL' lies in the creation of maximal development and learning opportunities in order to maximize the societal potential of all children's and youngsters' talents.

Keywords:INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, NETWORK ANALYSIS, TEACHER PROFESSIONALISATION

Disciplines:Education curriculum, Education systems, General pedagogical and educational sciences, Specialist studies in education, Other pedagogical and educational sciences

Project type:Collaboration project