Inclusive Teacher Agency: The journey of two decades from a literature overview
Fabio Corsi
This paper intends to summarize the path of inclusive teacher agency starting from its first definitions, now over twenty years ago. A construct that has been defined over time, and which has changed and adapted its definition over time based on scientific research and the evolution of inclusive policies by different states. What emerges is an extremely varied overview in terms of temporal succession, specific applications and policies in different areas of the world. Italian research arrives at inclusive teacher agency relatively late compared to other states, despite having thought about inclusion historically before others, starting from the 1970s: if we allow a touch of irony, we seem to hear the famous Risorgimento proverb by Ferdinando Martini, in a pedagogical sense: «After making Italy (inclusive), we must make Italians (inclusive teachers)». Which many times already are, perhaps lacking a systemic and unitary vision. Here is proposed a longitudinal (in temporal terms) and transversal (in geographical terms) overview of the research in this regard: the aim is not only a vision in historical and geographical terms, but it seeks to summarize the path taken in order to guide contemporary and future research.
Keywords
Inclusive teacher agency, Literary review, Inclusion, Historical summary, Overview.
