The Peculiarities of International and Domestic Experiences in the Development of Inclusion in Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

The publication is aimed at researching the peculiarities of domestic and international experiences in the development of inclusion in higher education institutions (HEI). On the basis of studying the works of scholars, the stages in development of education for persons with special needs in Ukraine are presented; forms of education for students with special needs are presented; differences in the inclusive forms of learning from others are specified. The international experience in the development of an inclusive approach is studied on the examples of universities in Canada, the United States, the European University Viadrina, the University of Oslo, the Masaryk University. The peculiarities of the introduction and implementation of inclusion in the Ukrainian HEI are considered using such examples as the National University «Lviv Polytechnika», the Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University, the National Technical University «Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute of Kyiv», the State University of Sumy. A plan for the development of inclusion in the HEI is formed together with the identification of its main directions and ways of implementation.

Keywords

• higher education institution
• inclusion
• architectural accessibility