SCIENTER Reports on Teaching Inclusive Education in the Balkans published
SCIENTER, together with researchers at the Centre for Education Policy in Serbia, have spent the last several months working on a project called "Mapping Policies and Practices for Inclusion in Contexts of Social and Cultural Diversity", financed by the European Training Foundation. Together with a team of 27 experts from throughout the region, we have put together 7 country reports, looking at the situation in each of the countries in the Western Balkans.
The primary focus of the study was teacher education in contexts of social and cultural diversity. While a number of studies have addressed on the one hand social inclusion in education and training where focus is placed on i) access, attainment and progression and ii) teacher preparation, still we can say that so far little research has been conducted in the region to look at teacher preparation for development of transversal competences for social inclusion. Therefore, the completed country reports bring additional value to the already existing research and data on policies and practices for teacher education in the countries under study. Moreover, much of the benefit of this research is through the process of carrying it out with local research teams, who through their research, have opened up the relevant issues in the countries as part of an on-going policy dialogue at all levels of the education system on the topic.
The reports have now been published by the ETF, and are available for download below, each one in English and in the national language of the country which the reports describes:
- Albania
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Albania country report (EN)
- Planifikimi i politikave dhe praktikave të përgatitjes së mësuesve për një arsim gjithëpërfshirës në kontekstin e diversitetit social dhe kulturor - Raporti vendor për shqipërinë (SQ)
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Bosnia and Herzegovina country report (EN)
- Mapiranje politika i praksi za pripremanje učitelja za inkluzivno obrazovanje u kontekstu socijalne i kulturološke različitosti - državni izvještaj za bosnu i hercegovinu (BS)
- Croatia
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Croatia country report (EN)
- Mapiranje politika i praksi za pripremu nastavnika za inkluzivno obrazovanje u kontekstima socijalne i kulturalne raznolikosti - Izvješće za Hrvatsku (HR)
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia country report (EN)
- Политики и практики на мапирање за подготовка на наставниците за инклузивно образование во контекст на социјален и културен диверзитет - извештај за поранешна југословенска република македонија (EN)
- Kosovo
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244) country report (EN)
- Hartimi i politikave dhe praktikave për përgatitjen e mësuesve për arsimim përfshirës në kontekst të diversitetit social dhe kulturor - Raporti për Kosovën (e definuar sipas rezolutës1244/99 të ks të okb-së) (SQ)
- Montenegro
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Montenegro country report (EN)
- Politike i prakse mapiranja za pripremu nastavnika za inkluzivno obrazovanje u kontekstu socijalnog i kulturnog diverziteta - izvještaj o stanju u crnoj gori (SR)
- Serbia
- Mapping policies and practices for the preparation of teachers for inclusive education in contexts of social and cultural diversity – Serbia country report (EN)
- Mapiranje politika i praksi za pripremu nastavnika za inkluzivno obrazovanje u kontekstu društvenih i kulturnih različitosti - nacionalni izveštaj za Srbiju (SR)