The Space of Inclusive Education

Known as the breadbasket of Europe, Ukraine, presently being in the center of international concerns and hopes, shows new dimensions of dignity and determination for which it may be called the school of the world. This collection of texts on inclusion of persons with special educational needs and disabilities from international and Ukrainian scholars was mostly written before the biggest war in Europe since WWII. This volume is the first book for the English reading public on Ukraine’s view on inclusive education. It is always useful to start from the backgrounds and witness the future development.

Contributors are: Natalia Andriichuk, Tetyana Blyznyuk, Olena Budnyk, Inna Chervinska, Olga Derkachova, Iryna Dubkovetska, Stephanie Fitzgerald, Kateryna Fomin, Clayton E. Keller, Karolina Kołodziejczak, Mykhaylo Kotyk, Donald F. Lavin, Jr., Zoriana Leniv, Nataliia Matveieva, Kelly Ann Merchant, Mykhailo Palahniuk, Katarzyna Smoter, Armineh Soorenian, Lidia Sydoriv, Sergiy Sydoriv, Olha Telna, Oksana Tytun, Hryhorii Vasianovych and Anna Ziętek.

Olena Budnyk, Ph.D. (1997), Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences (2015), Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, is Professor of the Department of Primary Education and Director of the Center for Innovative Educational Technologies “PNU EcoSystem” at that university. She is an author of over 300 scientific publications including two monographs.

Sergiy Sydoriv, Director of Without Borders: Supporting and Sustaining Inclusive Education Community project, post-graduate student, and lecturer at Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University. He has organized numerous educational events and published articles on inclusive education, including those indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases.