Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance

Springer, 2024.

Ajsmontas B., Alekhina S., Aleksandrova L., Anchikov K., Bolshakov N., Cherviakova A. A., Iarskaia-Smirnova E. R., Kersha Y., Khalina N., Kosaretsky S., Kozlova M. A., Mertsalova T., Mikheev I. S., Pishnyak A., Prisyazhniuk D., Sinyavskaya O., Vlasova T., Zaichenko N. A.

Under the general editorship: M. M. Tsediso, Kozlova M. A., Iarskaia-Smirnova E. R.

The book idea came into fruition as part of the ongoing discussions and collaboration between the Higher School of Economics (HSE) in Moscow, Russia and Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. My visit (Prof Makoelle) to HSE in 2019 culminated into an identification of inclusive education as an emerging niche area for transformation and reform in education by the former USSR countries.

The post-soviet countries are undergoing radical changes as they attempt to internationalize their education practices. The Russian Federation has also embarked on this transition. The adoption of the new law of the Russian Federation on Education was the first step in the recognition of inclusive education as an educational phenomenon. While the approach of the former USSR was based more on the medical model of student support, this book sort to account for the transition from the emphasis solely on disability to a broader conceptualization of inclusive education which encompasses other forms of educational barriers within the educational context of the post-soviet Russia. With this book a historical overview of the development of the notion of inclusive education is presented by providing a holistic account of the changes the education system of the Russian Federation has experienced since the fall of the Soviet Union particularly since the advent of the introduction of inclusive education. 

This book therefore provides a comprehensive account of various aspects of student support and inclusion within the Russian schooling context. Knowledge and discussions in this book could be useful to policy makers, education practitioners and researchers, students, school teachers as well as community organizations with vested interest on inclusive education, its understanding, conceptualization, operationalization and implementation.

Chapters

Inclusive Education and Early Childhood Development in Russia

Natalia Zaichenko, Samsonova E., Kornienko O. et al., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. Ch. 4 P. 57–83.

Considering inclusion as a dynamic educational environment that involves children with diverse special needs: children with disabilities, gifted children, bilingual children, children from families with low socio-economic status, and others, authors present a comparative analysis of the views of key stakeholders about inclusion in small and large cities of Russia. Three urban communities with different ...

Added: April 25, 2024

Inclusion and Equity in Secondary Education in Russia: How to Make Inclusion Assessment More “Inclusive”

Kersha Y., Mertsalova T., Kosaretsky S. et al., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. P. 85–106.

Added: June 2, 2024

Extracurricular Education and Inclusion in Russia: Inclusion as a Right and a Resource

Kosaretsky S., Ivanov I., Zolotareva A. et al., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. P. 281–297.

Added: June 2, 2024

Inclusive Vocational Education in Russia

Bolshakov N., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. P. 107–119.

Throughout the twentieth century, a well-functioning mechanism of vocational education of persons with disabilities worked in the USSR, including segregated system of training and production enterprises. The result of the transition to market relations was the transformation of the vocational training system and the closure of most special educational institutions, which led to new challenges ...

Added: June 6, 2024

Educational Inclusion of Children in Migration

Kozlova M. A., Mikheev I. S., Tkachenko N. et al., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. P. 191–207.

The chapter analyses the attitudes of Russian teachers in relation to the educational inclusion of students from families with migration experience. The presentation of the results of the empirical study is preceded by a brief discussion on migration processes in the Russian Federation. In order to assess the prospects of maintaining or transforming attitudes and ...

Added: June 16, 2024

Cultural Context of Inclusion: Media Representations and Activism

Elena Iarskaia-Smirnova, Daria Prisiazhniuk, Kosova O., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. Ch. 12 P. 247–266.

Added: June 18, 2024

Equality and Inclusion in Russian Secondary Education: Post-Soviet Policy Analysis

Kosaretsky S., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. Ch. 3 P. 29–53.

This chapter is devoted to the analysis of the design and implementation of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of inclusion and equity in education over the past 30 years (i.e., the post-Soviet period) in secondary education. The analysis covers legislation, conceptual policy documents, and programs at the national level. We ...

Added: June 19, 2024

Educational Inclusion of Indigenous Students in the Russian Federation

Tatiana Vlasova, Kozlov A., Kozlova M. A., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024.

Abstract Consideration of the challenges of education for indigenous peoples in the chapter requires attention both to the topic of preserving cultural heritage and languages and to the issues of accessibility of higher education for representatives of indigenous minorities. First, we will briefly talk about ethnic and cultural diversity in the Russian Federation, then we ...

Added: July 16, 2024

Textbooks as Tools for Inclusion or Exclusion: Representation of Socially Vulnerable Groups in Secondary School Textbooks

Kozlova M. A., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024.

The chapter is devoted to the analysis of the representation of socially vulnerable groups in school textbooks. The empirical basis of the study was made up of textbooks on the subjects “The world around us” and “Social Studies”. Consideration of examples of the representation of socially vulnerable groups in school textbooks allowed us to trace ...

Added: September 16, 2024

Teacher Training and Professional Development for Inclusion in Russia

Alekhina S., Kozlova M. A., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. Ch. 9 P. 169–188.

The chapter discusses professional training and advanced training of school teachers as a critical pillar of the development of inclusive education in Russia. Based on the analysis of normative documents regulating the professional training and educational activities of teachers, as well as the results of a series of empirical studies, the shortcomings of the existing ...

Added: October 10, 2024

The Development of Assistive Technologies and Its Role Towards Successful Inclusion: The Case of Russia

Sinyavskaya O., Pishnyak A., Cherviakova A. A. et al., , in: Inclusive education in the Russian Federation: Scoping International and Local Relevance.: Springer, 2024. P. 139–167.

Added: December 13, 2024

Keywords: Russian Federation, inclusive education

Publication based on the results of: The risks of social turbulence and the integrative potential of Russian society (2024)