The development of strategies and approaches to the successful implementation of inclusive education

Abstract

The study focuses on the development of strategies and approaches for the successful implementation of inclusive education. The importance of this research results from the fact that the Ukrainian educational space is constantly expanding. Therefore, considerable attention is paid to the provision of special education services. At the same time, the paper contains the results of the authors' own strategy, which has tasks, principles, and approaches and is divided into stages. The authors have chosen only 4 complementary approaches, the implementation of which alone will significantly impact the state of inclusive education in Ukraine. This article aims to highlight the formation of strategies and approaches to successfully implement inclusive education. The subject of the research is an inclusive educational environment. Research methods. The following research methods were used in the study: description, analysis and synthesis, comparison, generalization, and modeling. The paper is devoted to the formation of strategies and approaches to the successful implementation of inclusive education. The authors described the state of inclusive education in Ukraine in 2023. They also identified the advantages and disadvantages of inclusive education in Ukraine. In addition, the essence of the National Strategy for the Development of Inclusive Education for 2020-2030 is described. The authors defined the purpose, principles, and approaches of the program document. In addition, they described the stages of the strategy and proposed their own strategy. The article reveals the tasks, principles, approaches, and stages of the authors' original strategy. In particular, it is noted that the goals of the strategy are to increase the number of inclusive classes, expand the network of institutions providing inclusive education services, improve the quality of inclusive education, and develop inclusive education as a promising field of education. The authors outline the principles of the strategy, such as equality of access, simplicity, ease of implementation, systematicity, complexity, and scientific validity.