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The Significance of Practicing School Leadership of Social Justice for the Distant Co-education of Students with Disabilities and Special Educational Needs in the Greek Schools, during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Δημοσιευμένα: Ιαν 22, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/icodl.3324
Αργυρώ Διονύσιος Ρέντζη
Ινστιτούτο Εκπαιδευτικής Πολιτικής
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-2760
Περίληψη

At the end of 2019, beginning of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic appeared, bringing significant social changes and imbalances, due to the strict health measures proposed by the World Health Organization. The use of the protective mask, strict observance of hygiene rules and social exclusion (quarantine) were the most important measures imposed, worldwide. Being an integral part of the social system, as a living organism that interacts with society, school has, also, undergone significant changes in its operation. Distance education has been the main means of learning for all students. In recent years, inclusive education of children with special educational needs and disabilities has been an integral part of the educational system, so it must be adapted to the new social data. Greece is a country where distance education was implemented immediately after the pandemic, raising concerns about how to co-educate these children.

School leaders, who exercise social justice leadership, prioritize equal access to education for children belonging to marginalized groups. Therefore, in an age like today, plagued by a global pandemic that keeps schools closed, school leaders play an important role in the distance co-education of children with disabilities / special educational needs.

The purpose of this theoretical study is to demonstrate the significant role of the school leader of social justice in the implementation of co-educational practices for students with special educational needs / disabilities, proposing, at the same time, such practices.

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Βιογραφικό Συγγραφέα
Αργυρώ Διονύσιος Ρέντζη, Ινστιτούτο Εκπαιδευτικής Πολιτικής

Απόφοιτος ΤΕΑΠΗ Ε.Κ.Π.Α.

Μed Εκπαιδευτικής Ηγεσίας και Πολιτικής Α.Π.ΚΥ.

Αποσπασμένη εκπαιδευτικός στο Ι.Ε.Π.

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