Methodological aspects of exclusion and inclusion at the stage of entry into the issue of diversity

This article reflects the current understanding of the processes of exclusion and inclusion of the national higher school, the results of a sociological study of students’ heterogeneous groups of Berdiansk State Pedagogical University in the framework of the joint European project “Initial and further education and training for educationalists and managers in education in the field of diversity”, design of resources, conditions for teachers’ training. Empirical data form the basis for the development of inclusive educational space a model of the University and the Strategic plan for the development of inclusive education in the region. The conceptual idea of the study: in contrast to the traditional ideas prevalent in the national and foreign pedagogy, which limit the inclusive education only to the integration of persons with disabilities into the cultural
and educational environment of an institution, we propose a vision of inclusive
education as providing equal participation in the educational space of various heterogeneous groups: individuals with disabilities, gifted persons, migrants, socially vulnerable groups of population, representatives of national and religious communities, etc. The research methodology involves the analysis of scientific literature, legislative
and normative documents; sociological research; qualitative and quantitative processing of empirical data; modeling of inclusive educational space of a University.