ERIC Number: EJ1428104
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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The Role of Educational Psychologists in the Framework of the Right to Inclusive Education: Between Reality and Desire
European Journal of Special Needs Education, v39 n4 p550-566 2024
The aim of this study was to analyse the role that Educational Psychologists (EPs) could play within the framework of the right to inclusive education and the barriers they perceive at different levels of the education system. A reflexive Thematic Analysis study was conducted in Madrid (Spain), which gathered the opinions of 177 professionals working in Counselling Teams. These are multidisciplinary teams in which EPs work alongside other professionals such as social workers and support teachers, in the stages of early childhood and primary education. The data were collected through 21 focus groups. The findings highlight two issues. On the one hand, EPs identified the existence of systemic barriers to advancing towards a more inclusive education, both within and beyond schools, that determine the activities they do in their daily lives. On the other hand, these professionals express their desire to perform other functions, beyond the assessment activities to which they dedicate most of their time, consistent with the international objective of ensuring quality, inclusive, and equitable education for all. These findings are discussed, as well as the gap between accumulated knowledge and the exclusionary practices that continue to occur in everyday reality.
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, School Psychologists, Inclusion, Student Rights, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Social Work, Caseworkers, Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Educational Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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