Assignment 02
Assignment 02
Assignment 02
Assignment 02
QUESTION 01
Definitions of terms’’’
1.2 Integration
Literally means putting different cultures together, based on positive
moral concepts.
Children and staff from Catholic and Protestant traditions, as well as
those of other faiths, or none, together in one school Integrated
Education brings
1.3 mainstreaming
that a school is putting children with special needs into classrooms with
their peers who have no disabilities
1.4 Individual Support plan
That a school is putting children with special needs into classrooms with
their peers who have no disabilities, this term used to describe the
integration of children with hearing loss into regular school classrooms
so they can learn alongside their hearing peers.
1.5Medical model of disability
Medical model has been used to understand many aspects of child
development in the context of special needs education. This often
meant that children who did not learn easily like the others were viewed
as being the ‘patients’, as if they had a disease that needed accurate
diagnosis and treatment
1.5 Normalisation
Is a process of helping individuals with special needs – those with
mental/developmental disabilities to live as “normal” a life as possible
for that individual
1.7 Curriculum different
A key strategy for responding to diversity takes into account differences
in learners’ ability levels, interests; background the structuring of lesson
plans, rubrics.
Question 2
2.1 Four principles of education as reflected on white paper
· Acknowledging that all children and youth can learn and that all children
and Youth need support.
As a teacher needs to acknowledge leaners in the teaching environment
also support them to establish/excel in classroom situation.
· Accepting and respecting the fact that all learners are different in some
way and Have different learning needs which are equally valued and an
ordinary part of Our human experience.
For teacher to be respected is also takes him/her to respect learners.
Treat learners the same.
Inclusion
Inclusion is based on the idea that students with disabilities should not be
segregated, but should be included in a classroom with their typically
developing peers.
Student in an inclusion classroom usually needs only to show that she is not
losing out from being included in the classroom, even if she is not necessarily
making any significant gains.
In an inclusion environment, a severely disabled student may only need to
know the name of his own state and of the country. He also may receive one-
on-one instruction by a paraprofessional in order to accomplish this
assessment goal.
Mainstreaming
Student with disabilities may benefit from being in a general education
classroom, both academically and socially
Mainstreamed student may have slight adjustments in how she is assessed,
but she learns mostly the same material and must show that she is gaining
from her classroom placement.
On assessment mainstreamed child is usually expected to keep up with the
classroom instruction, although some accommodations are allowed.
2.6
A. the role of ILST
The ILST is the first source of support and assistance for teachers trying to
address Barriers to learning. A major role of the ILST is to “assist the school
community (Including parents and the surrounding community) to understand
what it means to build an inclusive school and then address the challenge in
practical terms as with all Inclusive Education structures the ILST functions
within an exosystemic framework. So the ILST Does not only work with
individual learners but rather looks at ways of minimizing Barriers within the
school context. Ensure that new admissions who have been referred to them
by the admissions
Committee are fully screened in the spirit of inclusivity;
· Decide on the class where the child will be admitted and outline support
Measures to be implemented, together with the teacher;
· Orientate teachers in meeting these support needs;
· Inform the DBST of additional l support needs in terms of training materials,
Equipment.
B The purpose of support
The support that teachers are able to offer learners falls within the confines of
their own knowledge, skills and the resources available to them.
Teachers need to be highly skilled and motivated to be successful" as inclusion
"demands such high levels of teaching competence and organisational
changes" in order to promote effective learning. Although many teachers are
positive about inclusion, the main areas of concern are training for inclusion;
appropriate curricula for all learners; available resources and school and
classroom structures that impede inclusion. The context and conditions in
which the participating teachers in this study teach also make it difficult to
support learners in their classrooms.
The type of classroom environment that a teacher creates and encourages can
either increase or Decrease a student's ability to learn and feel comfortable as
a member of the class. The classroom Environment should do as much to
foster cooperation and acceptance as the teaching methods that the teacher
uses.
This article describes a number of methods to help teachers plan for and
create a Classroom that welcomes and supports all children.
Classrooms that encourage emotional well-being create an atmosphere for
both learning and emotional development. Educational research supports
creating an atmosphere of Mutual respect, where students feel relaxed in
asking questions and expressing their thoughts and feelings. Some areas to
consider when creating an atmosphere of mutual respect are classroom
design, classroom procedures, and classroom strategies. Implementing a few
strategies that address these areas can help develop a strong sense of
community and encourage positive interactions and cooperative learning for
students with and without disabilities. A warm classroom environment can
lead to increased academic achievement and a sense of pride and belonging in
the school.