Inclusive education: action narratives for the creation of educational, community and research networks: Dialogue and student participation in educational research and practice: Promoting inclusion in schools. Lecture by Kyriaki Messiou

Abstract

Kyriaki Messiou is Professor of Education at the University of Southampton (UK). She was Director of Research and Deputy Head of the School of Education at Southampton and co-directed the Centre for Research on Inclusion (CRI). Known internationally for her research in the field of inclusive education, her work focuses on the voices of children and young people as a means of understanding marginalisation and developing inclusive practices in schools. In this introductory article, we present the main arguments of the paper presented by Kyriaki Messiou at the XIX International Congress and XXXIX Conference on University and Inclusive Education, reflecting on some relevant aspects of inclusion, specifically on the importance of the participation of all those who make up the educational context and the importance of collaborative work and collaborative research actions in order to promote inclusion and inclusive practices in schools.