2. Inclusion On the way towards inclusion Let’s try this way! Which way shall we go? Inclusion • Inclusion is • a process and means change • about ALL of us • about living full lives • about our gifts and how to share them • not just a disability issue • about membership and belonging WORKSHOP:Howcanwerealizeinclusion?

3. A person with special needs needs special means to achieve his potential. Creative alternatives must be available for children who do not reach their potential the typical way.

4. Is this challenge too big? • Challenges: • Diversity of needs combined with missing resources • Children with severe autism, mental retardation, behavioral problems etc. • The fear of the unknown; old attitudes • -structures that do not allow creative alternatives

5. How can this philosophy be made operational? Can it function in real life?? It requires a variety of other strategies, which often include one or more of these words: consulting, collaborative, or co-operative. CO-TEACHING IS ONE WAY TO REALIZE INCLUSION We need new tools!

6. Six ways to realize co-teaching • alternateleading and supporting • stationteaching • parallelteaching • flexiblegrouping • alternateteaching • teamteaching • - Morocco & Aquilar 2002 Co-teaching means that two or more teachers teach the same class together in a shared room. - Cook & Friend 1995

7. My Bachelor’sthesisabout • The Process of Growing into Co-Teaching • a qualitative case studyabout a classteacher and a specialeducationteacherteachingtogether a classwith 19 pupils, of whichabout the halfwithspecialneeds • Researchquestions: • What motivates to change? How does a teacher experience this change, what does it mean in practice and what kind of support does he/she need? How does co-teaching influence to the teacher’s “survival” at work?

8. Results • 2 main categories: • 1) The realization of co-teaching in these teachers’ class • about the half of the teaching could be defined as co-teaching • Teamteaching • 2) The change process • a real need and an experience of meaningfulness - essential both as a change initiator and background factor for “survival” at work.

9. How to succeed in co-teaching? • - The sharedgoal of the best for the children • - The samekind of pedagocicalthinking and working • - Openness and interaction • - Sharedresponsibility, leadership and work • - Tolerance and flexibility

10. The benifits of Co-Teaching The challanges of Co-Teaching • Sharing • One pupilgetsmoretime and attentionfrom a teacher • The reduction of freedom • Lack of time to planlessons • Coping at work

11. Somequestions Is voluntariness a requirement for succeededco-teaching? Is italwaysmeaningfull to try to realize ”pure” co-teaching? Howcanteacher-educationsupportco-teaching?

12. Inclusion in conclusion: Children who learn together, learn to live together Thankyou!