Inclusive education leadership in Non-Western Contexts: Towards Developing a New "Heuristic" Inclusive Education Leadership Framework

Maxwel Preprah Opoku, William Nketsia, Michael Amponteng, Lois Odame, Shashidhar Belbase, Aysha Al Nuaimi

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Abstract

Inclusive education is universally accepted as a useful policy to promote the learning of all students in one classroom. While actual teaching practices are pivotal to achieving the goal of having all students study in one classroom regardless of any difficulties and differences they may have, the 'change agents' in schools are leaders who are expected to lead the process. Over the years, there has been discussion on the contributions of school leaders towards the successful practice of inclusive education. However, efforts towards the implementation of inclusive education in especially developing countries have stalled. Indeed, the process towards practicing inclusive education has been led by developed countries that have provided resources and a 'policy blueprint' for developing countries. In this chapter, the authors demonstrate how 'Western leadership' frameworks are unworkable in developing countries and recommend an alternative framework for training inclusive leaders.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRethinking Inclusion and Transformation in Special Education
PublisherIGI Global
Pages233-249
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781668446812
ISBN (Print)9781668446805
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 24 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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