Inclusive democratic education: a question of social discrimination and inaccessible pedagogical training

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Title：
Inclusive democratic education: a question of social discrimination and inaccessible pedagogical training
Author：
Diego Bernaschina
Author Affiliation：
Independent Scholar, Santiago, Chile
Received：Apr.11, 2024
Accepted：Apr.30, 2024
Published：May.17, 2024

Abstract

This paper is dedicated to trying to reestablish a literature review on the issue of human rights with disabilities through social theory in inclusive democratic education, taking as a reference the main scenarios in the 21st century to carry out the restructuring related to the proposal on the constitutional bases of policy for school education (special, public, private and mixed school) and higher education (university and professional institute), especially non-discrimination and inaccessibility of teaching and non-teaching trainers with disabilities. This aim is to know and redesign the new characteristics to discuss human values and to guarantee explicit access —remove barriers— through legal and social system implementation, depending on the awareness of inclusive democracy in general education. Rather, of the social ethics of human rights in different perspectives (advantage and disadvantage) in the liberal interpretation and educational multicultural democratization. In addition, there is a comparison in the educational system related to inclusive democracy and accessible vocational training, including with the constitutional bases of policy. And consequently, the new features on vocational training with disabilities through inclusive education and human rights topics. Finally, there is no broad recognition to support and legitimize the defense of the rights to job accessibility in different professional fields, both public and private institutions for all-inclusive teachers and non-teachers, including professional women with disabilities.

Keywords

Educational policy, democracy, disability, human rights, general theory.

Doi

https://doi.org/10.58396/pps020102

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