Ensouling Our Schools - Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture notes on inclusive education, TBM of UDL, TRC, HPS, Salamanca, and related ideas.

What is the percentage of Mental-health problems in children? How many % receive no care?

About 20% of children/adolescents have significant mental-health problems; 75% receive no care; sadness rises from elementary to high school.

Ensouling Our Schools

Bring back the Heart and Spirit of education; the love of learning and teaching; the sense of belonging, community and connection.

Salamanca Statement (1994)

UN declaration promoting inclusive education; right to education for all; schools should accommodate diverse needs.

Components of inclusive education (Salamanca)

1. Placement in general education; 2. access to the general curriculum; 3. opportunities for meaningful participation, peer interactions, and well-being.

Self-worth and respect in education

Emphasizing the value of every person to foster more just, respectful school communities.

Accountability agenda in schooling

Focusing on testing, and measurable curricula; criticized for narrowing the meaning of education.

Health Promoting Schools (HPS)

Promoted by WHO - it is a concept promoting schools to constantly strengthen their capacity to be a healthy and supportive living, learning, and working environment.

Whole School Approach

An integrated effort to promote physical, mental, social, and emotional well‑being across all aspects of school life.

Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning (TBM of UDL)

Holistic framework combining inclusive education, SEL, and health-promoting schools to create inclusive, engaging learning communities.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Framework ensuring access for all students with multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression.

Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

Organization promoting social and emotional learning in schools.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)

Canadian commission examining the legacy of Indian residential schools; issued Calls to Action for reconciliation, including education-related actions.

Medicine Wheel in education

Symbol representing four aspects—spiritual, emotional, physical, mental—used to connect well‑being with learning.

Thread 1

Thread focusing on spiritual education and the inner life of learners.

Thread 2

Thread addressing brain function, trauma, and mental health in schools.

Thread 3

Thread about reconciliation and Indigenous perspectives within education.

Thread 4

Thread focusing on inclusive leadership and the implementation of UDL.

Weaving the Threads (metaphor)

A metaphor showing that when different educational practices are combined, they create a stronger, more effective outcome than if used separately.

Seven foundations of a better world (Jones et al.)

Economic fairness; comprehensive peace; ecological sustainability; deep democracy; social justice; culture of simplicity; revitalized community.