Activity 4:10 Bringing it all together
Let me start by quoting the famous Albert Einstein " Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. As I reflect on the title bringing it all together, I am putting the knowledge and positive attitude that this course as bestowed and given me. The greatest message that will definitely stick with me is "All of us can learn, we all just need the support."
Two things that I will take forward from this course into my practice are
(1) Support- As a teacher, it is a start when introducing special needs students into the classroom, however, it's just the start but not just at inclusiveness. As a teacher, I will adapt and teach to support them. One way I can do this is by implementing "Differentiated Work". I will create my own work based on the student's ability and to meet their needs such as allow students to draw or cannot write properly, allow students to cut out work and stick and even clay modelling. I will also differentiate my resources for an inclusive class with physical impairment have special sittings for them and table, for visual impairment have audios in my teaching and braille. Lastly, I will differentiate my assessment in the classroom, not only assess individually but at the end of a lesson, I can allow students to work in groups to support each other and assess them together.
2)Wave Model- This course introduced the wave model to me. This was very interesting for me to read about and understand how this model works. This model showed me how important inclusiveness to start in the classroom before moving on to the other waves. I would definitely implement this into my classroom responsibilities and policies by building my teaching activities in group work and the use of colourful and hands-on resources. Secondly, create an inclusive ethos by developing my own buddy scheme of students with disability to feel included and have extra support with someone their own age and not just feel discriminated.
I grew up with the saying in my community that " it takes a village to raise a child" and I can relate to it but also include that in order to get the village to raise a child we need as educators to educate our villagers on the importance of accepting students with special needs.
I personally enjoyed and learnt a lot from this course. I will be reviewing the content and putting it into practice.
Bringing it together
Creating an inclusive school entails a lot of planning, proper organization and collaboration from all stakeholders. However, with the information gained from this course I can certainly make a concerted effort to initiate an inclusive classroom as a collaborative venture with the Administrator and other members of staff.
There are two ideas I will like to take forward. The first is creating a welcoming classroom for all children. The classroom must contain a range of resources for children with and without disabilities. Resources must be interactive, manipulative and open-ended to meet the needs of all children. Also seating arrangements will be made to properly accommodate children with disabilities thereby allowing the children without disabilities to assist those with disabilities.
Secondly, parent education. Many parents are in denial about their children's disability. By creating awareness through education parents with be able to better provide and support their children as they seek to enhance the children's learning ability.
By creating an inclusive school many children will be given the opportunity to develop their abilities to the fullest.
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