Inclusive practices – what are they?

Inclusive teaching involves a shift in focus from content to the context of learning, in the learning environment. The aim of the Inclusive Practices Disability Plan 2004-2008 is to deal with disability matters as part of mainstream practice and recognise that it is the environment which can be 'disabling' for people.

• are still part of the student body as a whole even though their ways of performing and learning may be different
• cannot be stereotyped
• can achieve the best educational outcomes
• have the same rights and responsibilities as other students
• are not a homogenous group, though their differences must be acknowledged and accommodated.

Education

• is available and accessible to all students irrespective of class, gender, ethnicity, cultural background or disability
• acknowledges individual learning requirements
• focuses on the learning environment
• matches the learning environment to the student.

Teaching practice

• is flexible, coherent and proactive
• recognises that students and teachers process, store, organise and retrieve information in different ways
• takes into account a diversity of learning styles and learning preferences
• considers the way in which materials are used
• considers the way in which materials are delivered
• focuses not on the disability, but on the effect the disability has on the student's ability to access, learn and demonstrate their knowledge and skills.

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