INTERDISCIPLINARNA SARADNJA U RADOVIMA IZ OBLASTI INKLUZIVNOG OBRAZOVANJA U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
INTERDISCIPLINARY COOPERATION IN WORKS IN THE FIELD OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to highlight the issue of fragmentation and closed mindedness in the field of education in response to complex social problems, which contributes to the reproduction of inadequate educational processes, using the example of education for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). First, we will present the challenges of education and employment for PWDs in BiH based on research conducted within two projects focused on education and employment for PWDs in 2018 and 2021. The results of these studies show that the main employment problems, which are directly related to education, are insufficient knowledge and skills for job tasks, inadequate expertise, prejudice, and the mentoring system (Mandić , Đokić, Žarković, Backović, 2021, p. 15). Works within the academic community in BiH indicate an attempt to unconsciously misuse the idea of "education for all" to create legitimacy for narrow and closedminded actions. The aforementioned discussion will use Pierre Bourdieu's theoretical system on unequal educational opportunities and how the educational system contributes to the smooth reproduction of social inequalities. Accordingly, we will emphasize the importance of interdisciplinary cooperation and education research in BiH. To examine the degree of cooperation and interdisciplinarity, literature that appears in a Google Scholar search for the terms inclusive education, persons with disabilities, and Bosnia and Herzegovina was analyzed. In the content analysis of the selected material for each analyzed unit, data were extracted on the author's discipline and whether there was interdisciplinary collaboration in a specific example. The results show that the topic of inclusion is often equated with questions of excellence in the classroom, thereby forgetting broader social responsibility and shifting the burden onto individuals and individual professions, which narrows the recognized problems and challenges to questions of efficiency and accountability in the workplace within the education system in which, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, not enough is invested.

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