Twenty-third International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

Abstract

In 2017 the European Union established pillars of social rights. The first one is education, formation, and permanent learning, understanding all of them, between other characteristics, like inclusivity. Inside the idea of inclusive education, we consider migrants and refugees. There are three priorities: integration when they arrive at the scholarly institutions, preventing lower academic results and avoiding social exclusion and making an intercultural environment. Indeed, “Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion” (2021-2027) defines education as a tool to create an inclusive society. Bureaucracy and legislation are clear, but what happens in schools? In Andalucía (Spain), ATAL classrooms were created. The objective of this space is that foreign students with a different mother language (Spanish) learn it. Usually, ATAL conforms to a different classroom, moving away from the idea of inclusive education. Students are separated from their classmates and they can’t access the same curriculum. We must rethink inclusive notions and how we can implement them.