"If a child can not learn the way we teach, then maybe we should teach the way that they learn"

Day 4: INCLUSIVE EDUCATION:

Today we had a presentation by Doctor Joanne Walker on the topic  Inclusive Education.

She talked about learner differences and learner needs these are as per below:

NEW ZEALAND SCENE:

1. Background
2. Changes in Special Education policy.

EDUCARTIONAL/EGOLOGICAL APPROCACH TO CATERING FOR LEARNER NEEDS WITHIN INCLUSIVE SETTINGS.

1. Interrelationships between contexts, behaviour and learning. 

She talked about Inclusion and what it looks like. Inclusion is looking at the whole philosophy of the school, that everyone belongs in your school community or class.  Inclusion includes ethnicity and gender not just disability.  It means looking at special needs as well as Priority learners, those that are underachieving in their learning at School.

We looked at a Video called  The journey to excellence:Martain rouse .
Below I have included some of the points that I came across in this Video. 

Inclusion:

• process in which children encourages to participate in meaningful way
• values regonised, rewards.
• at risk and margnalised. 
• children who live in poverty, refugees, migrants
• across 4 diff levels frameword
• 1: access/particopation
• 2:particpation/belonging-accepted within school
• 3:particpation/collaboration. 
• participating and achievement  

We also looked at the video called How teachers can help me learn video . Some of the key points that came out in the video were:

• Breaking steps down for a better understanding for the students. 
• Key points being used. 
• Having patience as the teacher and  giving the students enough think time. 
• Having visuals and diagrams to help with learning and understanding-making connections with learning in terms of realistic contexts. 

Here are the other videos we looked at during this session which I thought was really good. 

Ko Wai Au? Who am I? See my voice? Video 

Universal Design for learning video 

We looked at the contextual factors which affect student teaching and learning in the classroom. These are listed as per below.  

CONTEXTUAL FACTORS THAT ACFFECT TEACHING AND LEARNING:

Systems and process impact learning/teaching

socio-econonical 

Diverse cultures. 

Community. 

Physical space of the classroom.-learning environment.

Here is an assignment that I did on Diverse learners and how we can cater for them in our classroom and the supporting documents that are provided in helping us meet these needs.

Diversity assignment (copyright Kaveeta)

The conceptualization of Diversity embraces the significance of acceptance and respect. It means comprehending that each individual is unique, special and different. These can be in the range of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs or other principals. New Zealand is made up of a very multicultural society and bilingualism, hence the diverse learners that enter our classrooms. As a teacher I believe that is important for us to recognise this diversity in our classrooms and embrace and celebrate these. Embracing diversity in a classroom context also means being able to understand the diverse ways a student learns and understanding these and implementing these different strategies for their to be success.

“In an inclusive classroom teachers acknowledge the myriad ways in which students differ from one another, value this diversity and design and implement productive, sensitive responses.” (Sapon-Shevin, M ,2008: Learning in an Inclusive Community).