ABSTRACT
Through a critical reflection, the article addresses the main obstacles and resistance that educational inclusion faces in Chile in the context of implementing Law 20.845 / 2015 on school inclusion. For a better understanding, the text is organized into five sections based on an introduction that contextualizes the study problem in the framework of national and international discussions. The first section focused on the current legal regulations that regulate school integration programs (PIE), trying to uncover some limitations and restrictions of that same regulation. A second section deals with the most frequent structural obstacles (insufficient or inadequate infrastructure, shortage of equipment, and lack of preparation of teachers to work with diversity). The third section addresses the ideological obstacles that compromise the future of educational inclusion in the country, derived from the medical model or specfic cultural and religious biases. Finally, in the last reflections, some of the study’s main findings are outlined, among which the following stand out: the limitations implied by the predominance of the medical model, the different degrees of progress in school integration processes, and the lack of a law effectively inclusive.
Keywords:
Inclusion; Integration; Schools; Obstacles; Challenges