TY - JOUR AU - Tancredi, Sofia AU - Chen, Rachel S. Y. AU - Krause, Christina AU - Abrahamson, Dor AU - Gomez Paloma, Filippo PY - 2021/06/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Getting up to SpEED: Special Education Embodied Design for Sensorially Equitable Inclusion JF - Education Sciences & Society - Open Access JA - ESS VL - 12 IS - 1 SE - Articles/Articoli DO - 10.3280/ess1-2021oa11818 UR - https://journals.francoangeli.it/index.php/ess/article/view/11818 SP - AB - <p>We present the implications of a novel approach to design-based research, Special Education Embodied Design (SpEED), for inclusive education. SpEED is a new way of thinking about how Special Education students can learn through whole-body participation (Tancredi <em>et al.</em>, in press). The goal of SpEED is to update our thinking about special education and inclusion based on the latest developments in cognitive science. We illustrate the utility of embodied design to teaching and research on issues affecting learners in Special Education through examples centering different Special Education populations, including Deaf learners, learners on the autism spectrum, and sensory-seeking learners. Each project focuses on deepening the learning opportunities we offer students by using learners’ existing embodied resources. We conclude with a commentary on considerations for implementing SpEED within the Italian educational system.</p> ER -