Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Special and Inclusive Education in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex & Ambiguous (VUCA) World

Pennee Narot · Narong Kiettikunwong

Jun 2023 · Emerald Group Publishing

About this eBook

Policy documents from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UNESCO have stressed the need to prepare students for what has been termed a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous) world. The COVID-19 pandemic is an extreme case of a VUCA event that grants the opportunity to examine whether special and inclusive education is fully prepared for these complex situations.

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Special and Inclusive Education in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) World provides insights and examples from scholars in different disciplines across different regions, contexts, and systems. These ideas will help to shape how special students, teachers, and all the managerial components as a whole, will need to adapt to sustain and maintain inclusion in education in the circumstances of a VUCA world.

About the author

Pennee Narot retired after 30 years as Associate Professor in International and Development Education at the Faculty of Education, Khon Kaen University, Thailand. After receiving her Ph.D. in International and Development Education from the University of Pittsburgh, she has been teaching and conducting research in various areas such as teachers’ development, non-formal and informal education, inclusive education, and aged situations analysis.

Narong Kiettikunwong has a background in business administration, management information system (MIS), public administration, economics, and law. He is a full-time faculty member at College of Local Administration, Khon Kaen University, Thailand, specializing in supporting local governments to implement effective and quality public services.