lecture 2 rational of inclusive edu.pptx
- 1. Inclusive Education lecture : 2 Resource Person Sidra Anser Phd Scholar
- 2. Inclusion ( continued…. • “Inclusive education refers to a wide range of strategies, activities and processes that seek to make a reality of the universal right to quality, relevant and appropriate education. • It seeks to enable communities, systems and structures in all cultures and contexts to combat discrimination, celebrate diversity, promote participation and overcome barriers to learning and participation for All people.
- 3. Difference among inclusion, segregation, and integration
- 5. Goals of inclusive education • The goal of an inclusive education system is to provide all students with the most appropriate learning environments and opportunities for them to best achieve their potential. All children can learn and reach their full potential given opportunity, effective teaching and appropriate resources.
- 6. What are the basic elements of inclusive education? • Use of teaching assistants or specialists: These staff have the potential to be inclusive or divisive. For instance, a specialist who helps teachers address the needs of all students is working inclusively. A specialist who pulls students out of class to work with them individually on a regular basis is not. • Inclusive curriculum: An inclusive curriculum includes locally relevant themes and contributions by marginalized and minority groups. It avoids binary narratives of good and bad, and allows adapting the curriculum to the learning styles of children with special education needs.
- 7. • Parental involvement: Most schools strive for some level of parental involvement, but it is often limited to emails home and occasional parent–teacher conferences. In a diverse school system, inclusion means thinking about multiple ways to reach out to parents on their own terms.
- 8. Rationale of Inclusive education • Valuing all students and staff equally. • Increasing the participation of students in, and reducing their exclusion from, the cultures, curricula and communities of local schools. • Reducing barriers to learning and participation for all • Acknowledging the right of students to an education in their locality. • Improving schools for staff as well as for students. • Emphasizing the role of schools in building community and developing values, as well as in increasing achievement. • Recognizing that inclusion in education is one aspect of inclusion in society.
- 9. Benefits of Inclusive Education • The benefits of inclusive education are numerous for both students with and without disabilities. • Benefits of Inclusion for Students With Disabilities • Friendships • Increased social initiations, relationships and networks • Peer role models for academic, social and behavior skills • Increased achievement of IEP goals • Greater access to general curriculum
- 10. • Enhanced skill acquisition and generalization • Increased inclusion in future environments • Greater opportunities for interactions • Higher expectations • Increased school staff collaboration • Increased parent participation • Families are more integrated into community
- 11. Benefits of Inclusion for Students Without Disabilities • Meaningful friendships • Increased appreciation and acceptance of individual differences • Increased understanding and acceptance of diversity • Respect for all people • Prepares all students for adult life in an inclusive society • Opportunities to master activities by practicing and teaching others • Greater academic outcomes • All students needs are better met, greater resources for everyone • There is not any research that shows any negative effects from inclusion done appropriately with the necessary supports and services for students to actively participate and achieve IEP goals.