This cross-sectional correlational study examines the relationship between attitudes toward inclusion and professional reflexivity in teacher training, conceptualizing teacher education as a critical and transformative practice within school contexts marked by complexity and vulnerability. A sample…

The growing pervasiveness of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within Inclusive Education contexts calls for critical reflection on both teacher professionalism and students’ learning processes. From this perspective, it becomes necessary to examine the role of AI within its antinomic tension as both a…

The use of board games in educational settings is increasingly emerging as a practice capable of combining inclusive aims, cognitive development, and active learning. This contribution presents the development and testing of an evaluation grid for board games, aimed at analyzing their effectiveness…

The following study aims to analyze the effectiveness of four-year and five-year high school educational pathways within the context of Southern Italy. In this sense, the research aims to verify whether both paths can maintain the same qualitative standards regardless of their duration. Therefore, a…

This study examines the predictors of sentiments, attitudes, and concerns related to inclusive education among a group of 1722 pre- and in-service teachers enrolled in the Specialization course for Special Needs Activities at the University of Palermo. Utilizing the Sentiments, Attitudes, and…

Following the enactment of Law 170/2010, Italian universities have witnessed a substantial increase in the number of students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs). This exploratory study employed a mixed-methods approach to assess the use and perceived effectiveness of various educational…

The international debate on school inclusion outlines the UDL framework as a virtuous approach for the development of teaching practices able to promote both the academic success of everyone and the participation of each in the construction of a new educational culture, which is oriented towards…

Abstract: The work sheds light on the inclusive potential of Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC) as a facilitative tool not for the exclusive use of pupils with Special Educational Needs, but for the benefit of the whole class group (Fontani, 2016; 2020a; 2020b; Cook & Odom, 2013). AAC…

The combination of disability and sexuality is a topic which still deserves deep analysis within the special-pedagogical research field, still dealing with taboos and prejudices. Teachers may promote a new culture of sexuality (within and with disability), only if they are seriously trained to…

The resort to distance (digital) learning, forced by the pandemic, has shed light on the urgence of laying the foundations of a digital inclusive education. Accordingly, this has now become a top priority in national and international agendas. The Erasmus+ project DigIn addresses this need by…

Agenda 2030 sets out goals that refer directly to the world of education: "Providing quality, equitable and inclusive education and learning opportunities for all" (ONU, 2015, p. 14). The need for equitable and inclusive education is, in fact, a fundamental prerequisite for the improvement of people…

In the hyper-connected society, the profound and incessant technological transformation, augmented by the pandemic, inevitably reverberates in school contexts, reinforcing the innovative use of digital technology by competent teachers and school managers who are aware of the new forms of…

Today, schools are being asked to respond to increasingly pressing and complex emergencies wi-thin the education sphere, and are thus having to re-examine their role as cultural, social and edu-cational agents as far as inclusion is concerned. Often, inclusion is nothing more than a series of…

On the basis of an idea of inclusive didactics conceived as particularly committed to equity in the way educational actions are planned, carried out and evaluated, the article develops the theme of inclusive lesson planning. The present literature on lesson planning highlights how the current…

In view of the Interministerial Decree 182/2020, school planning requires a bio-psychosocial vision of learning and participation, within a full inclusion perspective. Whit this in mind, a quasi-experimental research project is presented. The project is aimed to indicate effective methods of…

This contribution, examining the Socially Assistive Robotics (SAR), an emerging form of Assistive Technology that incorporates all robotic systems capable of providing assistance through social interaction (Feil-Seifer & Mataric, 2005), aims to initiate an organic reflection on the potential…

The present paper reports the results of a search, still in progress, focused on the fulfillment of intervention of inclusive teaching, based on the cooperative learning method, in multicultural classes of some Comprehensive Schools (C.S.) in Southern Lazio. The initial project has the aim to…