{"id":3160831,"date":"2022-12-02T11:52:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/inclusive-education-for-albanias-children\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T11:52:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:52:38","slug":"inclusive-education-for-albanias-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webalkans.eu\/en\/inclusive-education-for-albanias-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive education for Albania\u2019s children"},"content":{"rendered":"\nEU supports Albanian preschool teachers with innovative classroom practice.\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viola is an early childhood educator. For many years she has managed classrooms with a large number of children from different backgrounds and with different abilities. She says the challenges were enormous: &#8220;It was hard for me to meet the diverse needs of all children in the class. I support the idea of preschool inclusion, and I know the benefits, but I lacked the knowledge and skills for inclusive practice&#8221;. Despite the improvements in the education system in Albania, the philosophy of inclusion, especially in preschool education, was not promoted enough. Teachers were often left to deal in isolation with children with a wide range of learning abilities, and offered little training.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cThere were some scattered little interventions from NGOs but there was not a holistic approach to how to tackle inclusive education in preschools.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cInclusive education is almost a new reality in the Albanian education system, especially for preschool,\u201d says Mirlinda Bushati, Education Specialist with Unicef Albania. She explains that Unicef has been working very closely with the Albanian Ministry of Education on developing a national education strategy which includes an important component on inclusive education as well as on standards for preschool teachers. However, despite good work on the strategy and standards, Unicef identified that there was a significant gap in implementing the strategy. \u201cThere were some scattered little interventions from some NGOs, but there was not a holistic approach on how to tackle inclusive education in preschool,\u201d says Mirlinda.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teachers needed practical teacher training programmes that foster positive attitudes and best practices for successful preschool inclusion. Interventions were needed to ensure that teaching has the right rhythm for those who face greater difficulties in their learning. With the support of the European Union, Unicef helped the Ministry of Education and the Agency for Assuring Quality in Preuniversity Education (AAQPE) in Albania to develop inclusive education methodologies for preschool settings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unicef also developed a training manual and, jointly with the AAQPE, provided training on practical implementation of the methodology to 582 teachers and school directors. Viola was one of the teachers who took part in the training. &#8220;The new tools introduced in the training helped me develop innovative approaches and improve my teaching. Gradually, I started to adopt new teaching styles that are inclusive of different ways of learning. If we want children to be helpful to each other \u2013 to accept, interact, and be friendly to each other \u2013 we need to teach it,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u201cApart from EU financing, the fact that every part of this initiative was also in line with the EU accession requirements made the EU support even more important in terms of cooperation with the government and institutions.\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>About the project <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Promoting inclusive education is part of the \u201cMitigation of the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of children and parents in the Western Balkans and Turkey\u201d programme implemented by Unicef and funded by the EU through the European Commission\u2019s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). Through this \u20ac5 million programme, 490,000 children and parents across the programme area are expected to have better access to public services that promote early childhood development, education, health, and protection as part of recovery from COVID-19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, the methodology for preschool inclusive learning was accredited by Albania\u2019s Ministry of Education. According to Mirlinda, this is a major step forward: \u201cIt means that now all preschool teachers can use this methodology that ensures quality inclusive education,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact that the project was supported by the European Union meant a great deal in this context. \u201cApart from EU financing, the fact that every part of this initiative was also in line with the EU accession requirements made the EU support even more important in terms of cooperation with the government and institutions,\u201d Mirlinda says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU supports Albanian preschool teachers with innovative classroom practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3160832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[694],"tags":[],"area-of-cooperation":[482],"country":[245],"opportunity-type":[],"class_list":["post-3160831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","area-of-cooperation-education-and-training","country-albania"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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