Inclusion in school education. Opportunities, limits and difficulties

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Pedagogy - Inclusion, grade: 1,0, University of Hamburg (Institut für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik), course: Inklusion an Hamburger Berufsschulen - Anforderungen an Berufsschullehrer, language: English, abstract: Under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Germany has committed itself to granting all students, including those with mental and physical disabilities, access to all general educational institutions. This thesis wants to show which chances but also difficulties, limits and problems inclusion represents. In order to create a better understanding, inclusion is defined and described how it differs from integration. The chapter concludes with an outline of inclusion in school education in Germany. In the next chapter, the opportunities of inclusion are presented. It is divided into the categories of 'opportunities for students,' 'opportunities for the institution school,' and 'opportunities for society' to provide a better overview and a more nuanced view. Afterwards, the limitations, risks and difficulties of inclusion will be highlighted. Finally, possibilities will be shown how inclusion can succeed.