Inclusive Education with a Focus on Children’s Rights

A University Seminar for Master Students of Educational Sciences

Abstract

Inclusive education is a central topic in teacher training and important for the professionalisation of future teachers. In the sense of a decategorising form of inclusive school and teaching, the consideration of Children’s Rights in the design of corresponding higher education practice proves to be a profitable perspective. In this context, children’s rights are a significant element in the orientation of pedagogical actions, both individually and structurally. In the seminar “Inclusive Education with a Focus on Children’s Rights”, the Master students learn about the UN Children’s Rights as a basis for school practice that is binding under international law and can situate them in the context of inclusive education and social inequality. Subsequently, they meet with different actors in educational practice and develop explorative interview projects in the sense of research-based learning, which are conducted in small groups. The results of the studies show which questions the students develop, which perspectives they gain and which further ideas are developed from the seminar.