Thursday, June 13, 2013

Does inclusion make sense?


            I would say inclusion on the surface makes complete sense, giving everyone a sense of equality and acceptance.  It is supposed to help students with disabilities succeed, yet at the same time it can single them out.  There are certain students who will become the victims of bullying by being involved in an IEP plan, or by having an aid by their side.  It is also a possibility that even with this help students still won’t be able to live up to their potential.  It seems there is a flaw in inclusion but what can be done about that?

            Is there an actual answer to the question or is just a matter-of-fact?  Give the students their rights but allow them to singled out at the same time seems a bit silly.  It may make more sense to have these students who need additional help in a spate classroom.  As we read about Sam we learned that he was able not only to teach another student to remember things she was always forgetting but it also helped him remember what he was always forgetting.  This reinforced both of their behavior and worked out well, but would it have worked in a situation where he was in a classroom the same as everyone else?

            Maybe the answer is to play on the strengths of each individual student and provide them a classroom where they can learn together.  Such as learning whether a student is a visual learner or one who reads to learn and dividing classrooms into which emphasize these teaching styles to better the education of the students.  The teachers can be trained in school before they even become teachers to teach in a certain type of classroom.  This could be the next big thing, allowing students to learn the way they learn best, not the way the teacher knows how to teach best.


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