Nursery school and inclusive processes. An exploratory survey on a self-assessment tool for the quality of inclusion at nursery school

Abstract

“Inclusive Early Childhood Education” is a European project promoted by the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education in collaboration with sixty-four experts, including the author of this contribution, from 2015 to 2017. The main goal of the Project was to identify, analyze and promote the main characteristics of quality inclusive pre-primary education for all. There was a need for a tool for measuring the level of inclusiveness in preschool settings, prompting the creation of the Self- Reflection Tool as part of the project. This contribution describes an attempt to adapt and apply this tool to nursery schools in Italy.