What lessons have educators learnt from the pandemic? How to move towards an inclusive education
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https://doi.org/10.52041/iase2023.409Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic forced the educational community to adopt distance learning, causing us all to reflect on teaching practices and find new ways to reach out to our students. The internationalization of educational programs has redefined concepts such as inclusion, one that is no longer restricted to special needs students, but expanded to embrace a much broader concept where different cultures, languages, and sexual orientation and gender expressions need to be considered and integrated. But, with the enforcement of distance learning due to pandemics, are we truly creating a more inclusive learning environment or are we just enabling existing inequalities? The seven principals of Universal Design proposed by architect Ronald Mace (1985) provide the guidelines of the present case study, with the roadmap created here offering a reflection on the teaching practices and approaches used in order to include a wide range of students.References
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