Salamanca 25 Years Later: A Commentary on Residual Dialogues of Disability and Diversity
The concepts, premises, and promises of inclusive schooling as a global movement crystallized at UNESCO’s 1994 World Conference on Special Needs Education in Salamanca. Despite their marked influence over the past 25 years, the Salamanca documents also ushered in a set of continuing challenges. Usi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IDE Journal
2020-07-01
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| Series: | International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present |
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| Online Access: | https://www.idejournal.org/index.php/ide/article/view/9 |
| Summary: | The concepts, premises, and promises of inclusive schooling as a global movement crystallized at
UNESCO’s 1994 World Conference on Special Needs Education in Salamanca. Despite their marked influence over the past 25 years, the Salamanca documents also ushered in a set of continuing challenges. Using the documents as a departure point, this paper addresses three main areas: UNESCO’s role in erecting an architecture for inclusive schooling; core issues that arose in the Salamanca documents, particularly relating to contentious debates about the audience for inclusive schooling; and continuing issues in interpreting the Salamanca directions.
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| ISSN: | 2198-5944 |