%0 Journal Article %T Inclusive education may not have been an illusion… %A Bąbka, Jarosław %A Nowicka, Agnieszka %J Disability %V 2019 %R 10.4467/25439561.NP.19.043.12286 %N Issue 36 (2019) %P 11-30 %K inclusion, education, special educational needs, differences %@ 2080-9476 %D 2019 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/niepelnosprawnosc/article/edukacja-inkluzyjna-aby-nie-byla-iluzja %X In wiew of the transformation of the modern world, the demand for educational interventions is increasing, which on the one hand serves the harmonious development of people and the other part of exclusion. The considerations are part of the discourse of thinking about inclusion as a moral imperativie, a political principle, openness to differences by removing educational barriers and counteracting the labeling of otherness. In the article, there was discussed the essence of in-clusive education as a philosophy of education, educational policy and learning pathways in the context of students with special educational needs. In addition, research results were presented on the preparation of Polish schools, including teachers to implement the idea of inclusive educa-tion. The completeness of the article is a consideration in which they are compared the very ideal-istic nature of the inclusion with the reality of the education which is changing, but still appears as an intense bureaucratic, oppressive and massive action.