Promoting Educational Inclusion Through Local Governance—A Case Study in Spain

Ana Sánchez-Bello, Juan José Lorenzo-Castiñeiras (), Irene Crestar-Fariña and Alicia Arias-Rodríguez
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Ana Sánchez-Bello: Faculty of Education, Pedagogy and Didactics, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Juan José Lorenzo-Castiñeiras: Faculty of Education, Pedagogy and Didactics, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Irene Crestar-Fariña: Faculty of Education Sciences & Sports, Didactics, Educational Organisation and Research Methods, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Alicia Arias-Rodríguez: Faculty of Education, Specific Teaching Training and Research and Diagnosis Methods in Education, University of A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain

World, 2025, vol. 6, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Within the framework of the research project “What are we forgetting in inclusive education? In participatory research in Galicia (PID2019-108775RB-C4)”, we developed a proposal that, based on the inclusion and community perspective, investigates the relationship between municipal corporations and educational centres for the design and implementation of the programmes that was municipally developed to promote educational inclusion. The role of municipalities as promoters of inclusion through educational programmes is analysed, focusing on the mediation of third-sector institutions. It also studies the demands of the agents that comprise a community perspective on inclusion. The qualitative–interpretative methodology is based on SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) and CAME (correct, adapt, maintain and explore) techniques to contrast the congruence of existing initiatives with the needs of the educational community, synthesising information from 39 interviews. The results show deficient channelling of the schools’ demands into municipal programmes, which are mostly planned in collaboration with third-sector entities, without the participation of the school community. It is concluded that this demand for greater participation and collaboration is one of the main demands of the school community to promote inclusion at the local level.

Keywords: inclusion; educational programmes; local administration; school community; basic education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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