Florian, Lani

The 2014 SERA Lecture provides an overview of the concept of inclusivepedagogy, a distinctive approach to classroom teaching offering an alternativepedagogical approach that has the potential to reduce educational inequality byenhancing learning opportunities for everyone. Inclusive pedagogy focuses onimproving the quality of mainstream education by reducing variability in practice. It was developed from studies that focused on understanding the expertise of teachers who are able to work with diverse student groups and achieve good academic attainment results for all students, including those who have been identified as having additional support needs. As an alternative approach, inclusive pedagogy offers a partial response to three interrelated problems of educational inequality: (1) those that are associated with organisational and pedagogical strategies based on bell curve distributions; (2) the identification of additional support needs; and (3) the disproportionate statistical representation of certain minority groups in special education

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     Edinburgh Research Explorer                                      Inclusive pedagogyCitation for published version:Florian, L 2015, 'Inclusive pedagogy: A transformative approach to individual differences' ScottishEducational Review, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 5-14.Link:Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research ExplorerDocument Version:Peer reviewed versionPublished In:Scottish Educational ReviewGeneral rightsCopyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s)and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise andabide by the legal requirements associated with these rights.Take down policyThe University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorercontent complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright pleasecontact openaccess@ed.ac.uk providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately andinvestigate your claim.Download date: 05. Apr. 2019

Inclusive pedagogy:A transformative approach to individual differences

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Inclusive pedagogy:A transformative approach to individual differences

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