Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy (JAEP)
Volume-3 | Issue-03 | 74-78
Review Article
Implementing Inclusive Education: A Call for a Postmodern Perspective in Trinidad and Tobago
Amanda Michelle Ramoutar
Published : March 30, 2019
Abstract
Globally, the changing demands of society require that learners be trained with innovation and creativity in mind. The
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030, specifically SDG4, aim to ensure inclusive and equitable
quality education and the promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all students. The technical model of education
has been known to stifle learning opportunities for students and promote inequality. In keeping with the world wide
mandate for inclusive education that values that right of all students to meaningful education, what is taught and valued
as outcomes for all students is an important consideration of the education system. Curricula should be seen as having a
positive effect as levers for the sustainable, inclusive, fair and cohesive development of a country. This position paper
focuses on current practice in Trinidad and Tobago‟s school system and describes how it is lacking with regard to the
flexibility of the curriculum that is needed for inclusive education implementation. The paper gives a brief overview of
the technical and post-modern perspectives of curriculum and aims to justify how a shift to the post-modern perspective
might be better suited for our present time. Implications for practice relating to teacher practice, curriculum content and
student outcomes, which will all result from increasing the relevance and applicability of our curriculum, are also
presented