Microaffirmations as a tool to support the process of inclusive education

Journal title EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY
Author/s Ilaria D'Angelo, Cynthia Demetriou, Candace Jones
Publishing Year 2020 Issue 2020/1
Language English Pages 16 P. 124-139 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ess1-2020oa9429
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The main question that guides this work concerns the intentional use of microaffirmations in support of the inclusive education process. We will describe how microaffirmations can help to achieve significant goals for inclusive education both inside and outside the classroom (Ainscow 2015; Messiou et al., 2016). Specifically, attention will be focused on how support and recognition communicated through microaffirmations can improve sense of belonging as an essential element of creating safe spaces for learning (Mitchell, 2014). The theoretical overview provided here sets the groundwork for a research study, to be implemented in Italy and the United States, where inclusion and microaffirmation is the binomial investigated.

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Ilaria D'Angelo, Cynthia Demetriou, Candace Jones, Microaffirmations as a tool to support the process of inclusive education in "EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY" 1/2020, pp 124-139, DOI: 10.3280/ess1-2020oa9429