25 Years of the Declaration of Salamanca and Inclusive Education: A Look from its Complexity

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https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782019000200075

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Special education, Educational policy, Public education, Compensatory education, Social justice

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the implications of the reception of the Declaration of Salamanca in Mexico, 25 years after its establishment. It is assumed that the answers made to materialize the "integrationist" ideals were simple in the face of a problem overwhelmed by its complexity. The analytical approach is located from the modification of the traditional special education, through the policy of Educational Integration, to the principles of an inclusive school that are now expressed in various educational policy texts. The above in order to build a view from the complexity around the challenges, tensions and disputes about the implementation and realization of inclusive ideals. In order to do so, five "complex" questions are presented that, more than providing univocal and simple answers, allow us to rethink the projects from a particular point of view and from a situated perspective.

Author Biography

Rodolfo Cruz, Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla

Doctor en Investigación Educativa por la Universidad Veracruzana. Realizó estudios de posdoctorado en la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Maestro en Educación por la Universidad Pedagógica Veracruzana. Especialista en Docencia por la UVM de Veracruz. Maestro en Necesidades Educativas Especiales por la Universidad Cristóbal Colón. Especialista en Investigación Educativa por la Universidad Pedagógica Veracruzana. Actualmente es Profesor-Investigador en la Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla (UPAEP). Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (SNI) nivel 1 del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de México (CONACYT). Sus líneas de investigación son las políticas educativas sobre inclusión educativa y discapacidad.

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2019-11-01

How to Cite

Cruz, R. (2019). 25 Years of the Declaration of Salamanca and Inclusive Education: A Look from its Complexity. Revista Latinoamericana De Educación Inclusiva, 13(2), 75–90. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-73782019000200075

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2019): 25 Years On: Salamanca's Impact on Inclusive Education

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Sección Temática

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