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Merle Lopez Post 1

• 16 June 2021, 7:15 PM

Activity 2.4 attitudes of learners


In the video Daniel described some of our present teachers. Some teachers find that having to provide separate activities for children with disabilities is too much for them and also they are not trained to teach children with special needs. I believe that teachers should all be educated/trained about students with special needs and disabilities. Having many experiences working with special needs children, what works for me is apart from my school’s registration when a child comes into my class I conduct my own study on children with diagnoses or have been red flagged. I always meet with the parent, and previous teacher/s to find out about the student’s ability. I assist my students by building on where they are, they are assessed differently where they are not given the assessment of the “normal students” and some are given an oral assessment.

 


Jenna-Louise Barkley Post 2 in reply to 1

• 4 July 2021, 1:03 AM

You bring up important points about teachers apprehensions, Merle. I think that a lot of the times teachers are fearful because of their lack of training in the area of special education. They may feel that having these children included in their class and not being able to meet their learning needs would reflect badly on them as a teacher. They may also feel it is too much work because they do not have the strategies and/or resources to do proper inclusion.

These are all legitimate concerns for a teacher to have and brings to light the fact that all stakeholders should play their role in inclusion implementation.

Your efforts to meet the needs of diverse learners is quite commendable.