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BEVERLY LEBLANC Post 1

• 12 February 2021, 2:43 AM

Who is excluded

I remembered  when I started working in an particular office and the other staff member would plan activities and not inform me. We were the only one in that particular office but she would hoard information from me. Most time I would find out from staff out of the office. 

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Kris Stutchbury Post 2 in reply to 1

• 12 February 2021, 10:09 AM

That does not sound like a very nice experience, Beverly. Is there anything teachers can do to stop children behaving like that in their friendship groups?

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Arrey Arrah Post 3 in reply to 1

• 12 February 2021, 1:41 PM

Learners with disabilities such as hearing and visual impairments are sometimes excluded. Learners who find it difficult to integrate with others for some reason are also excluded. 

Teachers should give group assignments that would warrant the learners to communicate with others. Offer counselling to the excluded learners to boost their morale.

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Kris Stutchbury Post 11 in reply to 3

• 16 February 2021, 8:30 AM

Good points Arrey. I think collaborative working is a good way to include everyone. Remember - learners without disabilities might also be at risk of being excluded....group work should help them as well. 

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Cathrine Anyango Osaso Post 4 in reply to 1

• 13 February 2021, 12:32 PM

Who is excluded

Excluded is the feeling of not being part of something or not belonging for example when parents decide to change a child in a new school and the child has not gotten friends,this can make a child to feel out of place.

When a person is unable to accomplish simple task that is being done by other people can also make a person feel excluded too.When you teach children how to tie shoe laces and all the children have gotten the concept and one is struggling with it,the child will feel like he or she is not part of the class.

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Marinda Neethling Post 5 in reply to 4

• 13 February 2021, 7:31 PM

Who is excluded

Teachers need to know the learners in the class. It is easier said than done since overcrowded classes is a reality. 

But by trying to make eye contact and plan activities to include all, for example, a buddy system, can help learners to feel part of a group

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Fatima Kabir Post 6 in reply to 1

• 14 February 2021, 7:00 AM

Thanks for sharing Beverly.

For me, I felt excluded when, as a child I went to stay  with some relatives but they went out with their children, my cousins and left me at home. I really felt excluded.


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Rafia Naz Post 7 in reply to 1

• 15 February 2021, 5:52 AM

Well I am totally able to understand and empathise as I've had similar experiences. Information hoarding is an issue which I believe seriously and negatively impacts our ability to perform 

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Bilkisu Aminu Post 8 in reply to 1

• 15 February 2021, 10:41 AM

Learners with hearing and visual disability or those with special learning needs are usually excluded in the learning process if special consideration is not given to them.

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Matthew Nasilele Post 9 in reply to 1

• 15 February 2021, 1:07 PM

Any student can be excluded take an example when I was sent to open a Secondary School in one of the locations.  We sat down as teachers and started to write school rules for students and none of the students were involved in coming up with the school rules when in fact it were them who were going to be affected by the school rules that we made without their participation.

I feel the students had every right to participate in the school rules that were going to govern them while at school.

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Reuben Kaponde Post 10 in reply to 9

• 16 February 2021, 7:29 AM

Who can be excluded

In life,everybody experiences situations of exclusion. I passed through this when on my first appointment as a teacher,the old members of staff in the Languages dept to which i was a member,avoided sharing their teaching experiences in the dept and school with me inspite of the efforts i made to get closer to them all. This made me take a bit of time to settle down and get used to my working environment.

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Kris Stutchbury Post 12 in reply to 10

• 16 February 2021, 8:32 AM

Reuben, Thank you for sharing this example - it is really powerful! A good reminder to us all about the importance of sharing resources and working as a team to support learners. 

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Margerly George-Joseph Post 13 in reply to 1

• 26 April 2021, 1:51 PM

Amazingly Beverly even as adults we feel excluded and hurt. I can only imagine how the students feel when they are excluded. 

I think as educators we play a big role in helping children feel included even in the way we relate to them.