TY - JOUR
T1 - Rural schools have always been inclusive
T2 - the meanings rural teachers construct about inclusion in Chile
AU - Nuñez, Carmen Gloria
AU - Peña, Mónica
AU - González, Bryan
AU - Ascorra, Paula
AU - Hain, Andrea
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We analyse the meanings that rural schoolteachers construct about inclusion, following the entry into force of the School Inclusion Law in Chile in 2015. Rural schools are more than half of the schools in Chile. This is a qualitative study involving six rural schools in the north, centre and south of the country, with a basis in action research and ethnography. The results show that inclusion has different meanings for different teachers, indicating that passage of the law has not been accompanied by a policy providing clear meanings to guide teaching practices. However, one meaning commonly shared is that inclusion, understood as the acceptance of everyone, is a duty of rural schools, a cultural feature that apparently distinguishes them from their urban counterparts.
AB - We analyse the meanings that rural schoolteachers construct about inclusion, following the entry into force of the School Inclusion Law in Chile in 2015. Rural schools are more than half of the schools in Chile. This is a qualitative study involving six rural schools in the north, centre and south of the country, with a basis in action research and ethnography. The results show that inclusion has different meanings for different teachers, indicating that passage of the law has not been accompanied by a policy providing clear meanings to guide teaching practices. However, one meaning commonly shared is that inclusion, understood as the acceptance of everyone, is a duty of rural schools, a cultural feature that apparently distinguishes them from their urban counterparts.
KW - Inclusion
KW - inclusive practices
KW - meanings
KW - rural school
KW - teachers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113669979&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13603116.2021.1968521
DO - 10.1080/13603116.2021.1968521
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113669979
JO - International Journal of Inclusive Education
JF - International Journal of Inclusive Education
SN - 1360-3116
ER -