The Management of Inclusive Early Childhood Education (PAUD) Based on Holistic Integrative

Abstract

---The implementation of inclusive education has so far experienced many obstacles, especially services for inclusive education at youth institutions, even though early childhood education is the basic stage of children in the process of child development. The problem that is often encountered is a lack of understanding of inclusive education management, which is the main indicator of the success of inclusive education. This study discusses the implementation of inclusive education in early childhood education by combining an integrative holistic concept as a management principle for inclusive early childhood education. This study uses a qualitative approach with a multi-site case study which aims to describe the implementation of integrated holistic-based inclusion education management in several early childhood education institutions in the city of Semarang. The results of this study indicate that there are 2 patterns of integrated holistic-based management of inclusion applied to inclusive early childhood education which are able to provide positive institutional reinforcement, student-based learning management, active involvement of parents, teachers, curriculum development and inclusive learning models and partnership management between educational stakeholders. Integrated holistic-based management of inclusive education provides an alternative in the implementation of inclusive education as the aim is to provide holistic and integrated educational services for all children according to children's needs.