Session Information
04 SES 16 E, (Cross-Country Perspectives) Perspectives of Youths with Disabilities in Inclusive Transition Processes
Symposium
Contribution
The theoretical paper reflects on questions resulting from a research project on transition from school into after school life (Siegert 2019). It analyses the impact competing concepts of educational justice have on approaches to address transition. Research shows that learners from special schools and learners with so called SEN leaving inclusive schools are very likely either confronted with difficulties negotiating the phase of transition ‘successfully‘ (van Essen 2013; Stauber/Walther 2004, 2007) or get trapped in day centers which do not allow a financially independent adult life and social participation. The term ‘successful transition‘ leads to the assumption that there is a normative connotation or understanding of transitions, as Ecarius et al. (2011) showed by using the term of a “normal curriculum vita”. Though there is hardly any chance for quite a number of young people to be successful in this sense, this is often regarded as their responsibility and their personal failure. Stakeholders in the transition process tend to regard these youths as immature, unmotivated and lacking skills. Measures taken to improve the transition process try to compensate these ascribed deficits. The paper analyses the impact of several concepts of educational justice on the ‘transition regime’, especially the relation of fairness, equity, capabilities and inclusion within these concepts and their impact on educational assets and opportunities as well as the opportunity to participate (C. Lindmeier 2018). It is shown that in the light of the capabilities approach (Nussbaum 2002, Terzi 2007) different measures might seem adequate to promote transition and participation.
References
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