Thursday, March 1, 2012

Learners who are Exceptional

In our world there is a full continuum of different kinds of kids, sadly in our school system, we only teach one way and if the child isn't capable of learning that way you are said to have a disability. 


Difference of Learners:  Differ in the way they actually learn, Capacity of attention, differ in terms of emotions and behaviours( some kids can't identify their emotions until they can actually see them (outburst), capacity for language and sight/hearing and giftedness.


Special Ed. have been driven through coding, a child goes through a screening process to see if student fits a special ed code. I believe that coding is important to identify special needs students and to identify which students need more attention or a different learning environment to succeed. Having said this, I do not believe that students should be judged or categorized completely by that code, they are still children who have different needs and wants and should be treated as regular children. 


In our world today we are moving towards inclusive education which is described as "all children learn together well." I believe that an inclusive classroom will be harder for teachers but in the end will benefit the children. Children need to see the diversity in our world and know that there are different types up people around us. It is important for the Special needs children or ESL children to fit in and feel incorporated with all children their age and is also import for the rest of the students to be able to adapt to different cultures and people who have different needs, just like they will have to in the real world. 

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