Inclusive Schooling: a challenge for distance education

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https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v18i35.8037

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inclusive education, distance education, attention to diversity, technology

Abstract

The inclusion of all those who need and want to be educated has become a major concern and one of the greatest challenges in recent educational history (Daniels and Garner, 1999). Unfortunately, in the past, not all individuals who were at the age of compulsory education and not all those who wished to access post-compulsory education were able to do so, as the education systems of the most advanced countries did not consider students as a whole from the point of view of attention to diversity (Araque and Barrio, 2010). Until well into the 20th century, education systems viewed their potential students from a totally inflexible and homogenising perspective. In this scenario, the teacher occupies a prominent place, especially in distance education.

Within distance education, teachers play an essential role since, in addition to providing content and knowledge to their students, they must be able to motivate them in a complex environment that requires not only empathy, but also a great mastery of technology and methodology that leads them to be in constant training without neglecting their basic functions (Peinado, 2022; Centeno-Caamal et al., 2023). In other words, distance learning teachers have the obligation to constantly adapt to the virtual environment. Their quality will be measured by taking all these parameters into account. Thus, the quality of distance education, where its levels of inclusion are also measured, is subject to strict evaluation processes in which its teaching staff must meet highly demanding standards that go beyond the strictly academic.

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Author Biographies

Juana María Anguita Acero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, UCLM, España

Doctor in Educational Sciences, MA in the Teaching of Spanish as Foreign Language and in Bilingual Education. Degrees in Translation and Interpreting, in English Studies and in Primary Education Teaching. Expert in intercultural education, migratory movements, bilingualism, English-Spanish translation and the teaching of English as a foreign language. She has worked as a translator and language specialist for Lionbridge (formerly Bowne Global Solutions) in Madrid (Spain) and for the International Baccalaureate in The Hague (The Netherlands). She has taught English at different educational levels in Primary and Secondary Education both from the Council of Education in Madrid and in Castilla-La Mancha (Spain). She has also worked as a lecturer in the Translation and Interpreting Degree in the Faculty of Humanities at Universidad Pablo de Olavide (Sevilla, Spain); in the Teaching Degree at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio (Madrid, Spain); in the Teaching Degree and in the Journalism and Audiovisual Communication Degree at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid, Spain); in the Teaching Degree at Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and UNED; and in the Master's Degree in Teacher Training at Universidad Villanueva (Madrid, Spain). At the present time she works as an Associate Lecturer at the Department of English Studies at Universidad Complutense (Madrid, Spain). She is part of EduSoc, “Educación, Sociedad y Cultura" [Education, Society and Culture] research group at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Óscar Navarro Martínez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, UCLM, España

Licenciado en Pedagogía por la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Maestro de Educación Física por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y Doctor en Humanidades, Artes y Educación por la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Ha trabajado durante más de dos décadas como maestro en las etapas de Educación Infantil, Primaria y Secundaria. Actualmente es Profesor Titular en la Facultad de Educación de Ciudad Real. También ha impartido docencia en el Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Talavera de la Reina (Toledo), en la Universidad Internacional de la Rioja y en la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Las principales líneas de investigación son: inclusión educativa; tratamiento educativo de alumnos con necesidad específica de apoyo educativo; atención a la diversidad cultural de las personas; eliminación de prejuicios en educación; elaboración y utilización de materiales multimedia con niños de Educación Primaria, el uso de sistemas LMS en las enseñanzas básicas.

Daniela Melaré Vieira Barros, Universidad Aberta de Lisboa, Portugal

D. in Education from UNESP - Brazil and in Pedagogy from UNED in Madrid. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Distance Education (DEED) at the Universidad a Distancia (UAb). She is currently Vice-coordinator of the Bachelor's Degree in Education, member of the Pedagogical Council and member of the Unit for the Development of Local Learning Centres of the same University (UMCLA). She is a researcher at the Centre for Global Studies - Education and Global Citizenship Group (UAb) and collaborator of the Distance Education and eLearning Laboratory (LE@D- UAb).

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PORTADA_VOLUMEN 17, NÚMERO 35

Published

2025-04-27

How to Cite

Anguita Acero, J. M., Navarro Martínez, Óscar, & Vieira Barros, D. M. (2025). Inclusive Schooling: a challenge for distance education . Journal of Learning Styles, 18(35), 139–142. https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v18i35.8037

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