When you separate children
that are when people start to realize something is different. For example you have the traditional classroom
and then you have a classroom just for children with special needs. Classrooms
have started mixing children with learning challenges into regular classrooms
instead of isolating them. This benefits
both of the children.
When you segregate the
children with learning disabilities they will not learn how to function in a
non-disabled world. Every child should learn from the general education
curriculum. Instead of having children in a different classroom you could add a
second teacher or an aid into each integrated classroom to help the children.
This would support both groups of children by allowing the teacher to teach the
children and have an aid in the classroom to assist all of the children during
the lesson.
The pros of having inclusion classrooms include: (http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr320.shtml#sthash.OP749DvY.dpuf)
- Inclusion improves learning for both classified and non-classified students. When youngsters who have learning problems are included, students without disabilities often do better academically. A teacher is more apt to break instruction into finer parts or repeat directions if he or she has a youngster in the room who deals with deafness, blindness, or a developmental disability.
- Children learn to accept individual differences. The best way to help children overcome their misconceptions about kids who have disabilities is to bring them together in integrated settings.
- Children develop new friendships. Children with disabilities who are included in regular education develop friendships in their home communities. Special education students sent to regional special education programs may become oddballs in their communities.
- Parent participation improves. When children with disabilities are integrated into local schools, parents have more opportunity to participate in that school and in the community where the school is located.
- It's a matter of civil rights. Students with disabilities have a legal right to attend regular classes and receive an appropriate education in the least restrictive environment.
We shouldn’t make
children feel different in the world. By having mixed classrooms the children will
see each other together and learn that it is okay. This would help with
bullying that goes on in school. Every child would get the assistance they need
and have the same education.
Your first sentence does not make sense. Did you forget a word or phrase between "that are" and "when people"? And the sentence "This benefits both of the children" contains a category mistake. It should be something like "This benefits children both with and without learning disabilities".
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry that you feel that we shouldn't make children feel different in the world. But life is not fair, and not all children are equal. Every child has different strengths and weaknesses which should be celebrated. Instead of ignoring reality, far better to teach children that differences are ok and not reasons to fear or bully others.
Forcing all children of the same age to follow the same curriculum also ignores reality. Instead of allowing the gifted and talented individuals to quickly move on to new material, and providing additional support for those who do not pick up the material immediately, you condemn the majority of the classroom to yawning boredom.
In colleges today prospective teachers are being taught new ways to engage children of all levels in the classroom. There is a difference in isolating children for there difference and celebrating their differences in a safe community. Including all levels in the classroom will teach children in a realistic setting that everyone is different and that everyone can work together in a classroom community. Teachers are learning new ways to include every child at every level to stay with the curriculum and feel safe.
ReplyDeleteOK, I'll bite.
DeleteWhat is the new way that teachers are learning that include every child in a math class, without holding back and boring to death the students who understand the material after a five minute explanation?
Or am I misunderstanding your claim about what prospective teachers are being taught in colleges today.
Some children are unable to filter out the distractions presented by special needs students in an integrated classroom setting. When I was in the second grade, a girl with disabilities was placed in my classroom. She had tantrums just about every day. As an eight year old, I spent more time worrying about her than doing my own work. Having her in my classroom that year hindered my learning experience.
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