Disability and Equity in Education Commons^™

Going To School For The First Time: Inclusion Committee Members Increasing The Number Of Students With Disabilities In Primary Schools In Kenya, Brent Elder, Bernard Kuja

College of Education Faculty Scholarship

This paper is an extension of a prior research project where Kenyan primary school teachers began using inclusive education strategies that proved beneficial for meeting the needs of diverse primary school students. Specifically, this paper highlights a project where these inclusive practices were expanded to a second region of western Kenya. This expansion of teacher training on inclusive education and critical disability studies promoted sustained school- and community-based discussions on inclusive education and sensitisation on issues related to disability. These practices also led to the development of inclusion committees, co-teaching practices, and stimulated the partial dissolution of the physical boundaries …