Measuring inclusion in vocational education and training through the prism of justice of education

Kristl, Nina (author), Jeznik, Katja (author)

The highest possible level of inclusion and justice are the primary goals of most contemporary education systems, including vocational education and training. The Index for Inclusion, which was developed two decades ago, defines inclusion on three levels, i.e. policy, culture and practice, and provides a methodological framework for measuring the inclusive orientation of schools. This paper raises the question of whether the selected Index for Inclusion indicators can be used to also measure different dimensions of justice, which is defined as a multidimensional concept. The just redistribution of basic goods is complemented by recognition, representation and relationality. A study with the aim to determine the multidimensionality of the implementation of inclusivity in Vocational Education and Training institutions using statistical analysis was carried out. An online questionnaire was created and completed by 427 education professionals (head teachers, teachers and school counsellors) employed in vocational education and training. The dimensionality of the measured constructs was checked using a set of 28 variables with factor analysis, i.e. the Maximum Likelihood method and Varimax rotation. It was found that the statements that had been formulated on the basis of the Index for Inclusion can also be used to measure different dimensions of justice. The final version of the questionnaire (modified questionnaire), which contains a set of twenty items, adequately measures the redistribution and recognition aspects of justice, whereas the representation and relational aspects have proven to be two-dimensional concepts. A modified questionnaire could be a suitable starting point both for the self-evaluation of schools and a general measurement of inclusion in terms of justice.

• Language: English
• Keywords: inclusion, justice, redistribution, recognition, representation, relationality, vocational education
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.04.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 103-117
• Numbering: Vol. 12, issue 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-156106
• UDC: 377
• ISSN on article: 2334-8496
• DOI: 10.23947/2334-8496-2024-12-1-103-117
• COBISS.SI-ID: 194642947
• Publication date in RUL: 08.05.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International Journal of Cognitive Research in Science, Engineering and Education
• Publisher: The Association for the Development of Science, Engineering and Education
• ISSN: 2334-8496
• COBISS.SI-ID: 523566617

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: prepoznanje, pravičnost, redistribucija, inkluzija, poklicno izobraževanje, poklicna pedagogika

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P5-0174-2022
• Name: Pedagoško-andragoške raziskave - Učenje in izobraževanje za kakovostno življenje v skupnosti