Discussion of ergonomic space in inclusive education

On October 20-24 of this year within the framework of the targeted financing program, Professor of L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University G.K. Dlimbetova and young scientists of the Y. Altynsarin were on a business trip in Moscow.

The purpose of this trip was to study the accessibility and effectiveness of educational space in an inclusive educational environment. For this reason, scientists took an active part in the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference "Inclusive Education and Society: Strategies, Practices, Resources", which was held at the Moscow State Psychological and Pedagogical University.  As part of the panel discussion "Designing an inclusive educational environment and universal design in learning", topics such as the landscape of educational technologies, material and technical equipment of specialized and inclusive educational institutions, the use of special educational publications for students with disabilities were discussed. It should be noted that the Project session "Assessment of the inclusiveness of an educational organization" was devoted to the development of approaches to assessing the inclusiveness of an educational organization.   During the master class "Skills-session from the Association of Inclusive Schools", the requirements for the system for assessing the achievement of planned results were discussed.

The above reports will be used in the future to supplement the base of the conceptual framework ("universal design in teaching", "landscape of educational technologies", "mental health of schoolchildren", "national priorities in modeling the space of the educational process", etc.).

During this business trip they visited the innovative science city Skolkovo. During their visit to Skolkovo got acquainted with the experience of designing educational space, the peculiarities of using color in the interior, organizing educational and recreational premises, etc. There was also a business meeting with Professor E.N. Dzyatkovskaya, a specialist in the field of ergonomics and ecology in education. During this meeting, Professor G.K. Dlimbetova also presented her monograph "Greening education as way to renew spiritual consciousness" and the textbook "Greening the activities of the university", which contain scientific ideas for designing an educational ecological learning environment.