Equity and Inclusion in Education
Finding Strength through Diversity
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Governments and education policy makers are increasingly concerned with equity and inclusion in education due to several major global trends such as demographic shifts, migration and refugee crises, rising inequalities, and climate change. These developments have contributed to increasing diversity within national populations and flagged some concerns around the ability of education systems to be equitable and inclusive of all students.
This report by the Strength through Diversity project examines how education systems can respond to increasing diversity and foster greater equity and inclusion in education. Based on a holistic framework for studying diversity, equity and inclusion in education, the report examines five key policy areas (i.e., governance; resourcing; capacity building; school-level interventions, and monitoring and evaluation), provides examples of policies and practices, and offers policy advice on promoting more equitable and inclusive education systems.
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Building capacity to foster equity and inclusion
This chapter discusses how education systems can develop capacity to respond to diverse student needs and create a system in which school staff, students, parents, guardians and members of the broader community all share and support the will to foster equity and inclusion. It discusses the importance of preparing teachers to address diversity and promote equity and inclusion, and of recruiting and retaining teachers from diverse backgrounds. This chapter also considers capacity building in terms of cultivating values of acceptance, tolerance and respect among students. Finally, it discusses the importance of building awareness among parents, students, teachers and communities more broadly, as a key step in ensuring that the different stakeholders of a given system are on board with and collaborate for advancing equity and inclusion in education.
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