INSO - Inclusion in the Social Environment

The cross-university research and practice project "Inclusion in the social space - participatory children's rights-based school development through student-active research" (funded by the Saxon Ministry of Science and the Arts, funding amount: 443,780 euros to Leipzig University), in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Saskia Schuppener (University of Leipzig), pursues the overarching goal of investigating the conditions for the success of inclusive schools with an explicit social space orientation using the example of a district with special development needs and preparing the findings in the form of general recommendations for action for "inclusive schools in the social space" and thus making them usable for a state-wide, but also nationwide and international exchange.
A main focus here is on a consistent, multi-perspective and barrier-free participation orientation. Against a democratic educational background, children and young people in particular are to act as "student researchers" and make a sustainable contribution to school evaluation and school development. In this context, the idea of participation goes beyond simply joining in or being involved. Rather, it is about genuine participation and co-determination.
The research project examines in particular
the conditions for the success of inclusive school development at existing and evaluated inclusive schools that work in a social space-oriented manner (nationally and internationally);
exemplifies the conditions for quality development of inclusive school culture in Saxony (in Leipzig-Grünau, a district with special development needs);
the methods and criteria for a participatory evaluation and further development of inclusive schools in such a social space.
In order to make a prospective contribution to the development of inclusive school culture in Saxony (using the example of local inclusive neighbourhood development in Leipzig-Grünau), a participatory research methodological approach is to be used in which as many different interest groups around and in schools as possible are involved.
The methodological approach of the project is based on the mosaic approach: various methods from the field of participatory social research are used depending on the target group and level of investigation.
The planned project should result in the following sustainable findings and materials:
Collection of well-prepared national and international best-practice examples of "inclusive schools with a social space orientation" (SRO)
Compilation of concrete and illustrative, of the conditions for success of an "inclusive school in the social space"
Exemplary recommendations for action for the quality development of inclusive school culture in Saxony (along concrete school development modules) and specifically for schools in the Leipzig-Grünau social space
Newly developed concept for participatory school evaluation and school development - developed against the background of child rights-based research with pupils (illustrated and accessible in an innovative media format)