(in Polish) Konwersatorium w języku angielskim - Promoting social inclusion: between dream and reality WNP-PE-KPJA-5wz

The purpose of this lecture is to provide an overview of the origins of the concepts of social inclusion and of key themes and emerging debates about social inclusion in different countries. The social inclusion idea access to the resources and relations that make life justice, healthy, happy and productive – is the importance of strong families and communities, in all their traditional and new forms.

The strategies for which lecture propose action are nevertheless a compromise between the ideal and what is possible. Research has shown that it can be difficult for society, especially school and other social and cultural institution to negotiate away from the pressure to categorize or diagnose people with special needs, particularly those with challenging behavior. In this lecture, we highlight instances where some institutions have responded to increasing diversity by developing new cultural practices to engage different groups; in some cases, they have responded to decreasing suspension while improving retention, behavior and performance. Large terms of reference for the stronger communities, institutions task force and the national and international social inclusion board will be reviewed and discuss. Example of different practical solution and collaborative federalism possibilities for social inclusion will be learned and further aspects outlines a framework for organizing a response to social inclusion.

Lecture explores the relationships between agency, culture and structure, and shows that children, youth and adults with different disabilities are active in making meaning within social and relational networks to which they contribute differently depending on the barriers to doing and being that each network presents.

Using research findings, we outline a model of good practice in different areas of social life. Example of community groups, educational and cultural institution, businesses, and government agencies will be reviewed at the level of innovation, commitment and generally good practices and work already in place. At the core of the new approach suggested in this reflection is the importance of shifting from a deficit to an assets model for people and places; promoting enterprise solutions to build capacity and sustainability for individuals, groups and places; devolving responsibility locally as much as possible through a focus on place management; supporting families in communities to have greater choice and responsibility over their futures and changing the way government works.

In this lecture, we draw upon the experiences of a group of young people who have been excluded from mainstream schools to provide an account of the ways in which they have found their way to education in educational sites that are variously referred to as ‘flexible learning centres', ‘second chance schools' and ‘alternative schools'.

For children it will be applied a social model of childhood disability to the relatively unexplored territory of young children and use vignettes drawn for example from video observation to explore the interactive spaces contained in settings with different cultures of inclusion.

The worldwide rise in numbers of refugees and asylum seekers suggests the need to examine the practices of those institutions charged with their resettlement in host countries. In this case, we investigate the role of one important institution – schooling – and its contribution to the successful resettlement of refugee children. It will be conclude by discussing how educational institutions might play a more active role in facilitating transitions to citizenship for refugee youth through an inclusive approach.

It provides a detailed study on the thesis, that social inclusion is everybody’s responsibility and provide different point of view how governments, communities and businesses could work together and promote structures which help social inclusion to be achieved.