Sources
Bolima, D. (n.d.). Contexts for understanding : Educational learning theories. Retrieved from http://staff.washington.edu/saki/strategies/101/new_page_5.htm
Monday, January 30, 2012
3351 Double Journal Entry #4 Cultural Deficit
Sources
Bolima, D. (n.d.). Contexts for understanding : Educational learning theories. Retrieved from http://staff.washington.edu/saki/strategies/101/new_page_5.htm
Friday, January 27, 2012
Picasso Head
After taking the survey it listed me as a Auditory learner. I was also very close to being listed as a Visual learner. I fell this is very true about the way I learn so I made my Picasso Head in this image. The two ways technology can benefit my way of learning is by having auditory recordings of lessons and ways for me to record a teacher as they talk about a lesson.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
2201 Double Entry Journal #2
Quote
"With the advancement of Information and Technology. learners at large use innumerable computer softwares and gadgets to facilitate learning . They have become virtual learners In such respect, they gradually become autonomous learners. They can work independently . The teachers will act as facilitators in the process of learning and acquiring knowledge.Learning is so much fun as the students are able to pace their process of learning according to their capability, intelligence and knowledge.Similarly,students are widely exposed to the use of latest modern technology which can help them in the process of learning and quest for knowledge.It is a phenomenon that human beings are trying to attain to prepare them for the onset of the 21st century.Henceforth, traditional and obsolete learning styles will have to be replaced with sophisticated and modern technology which cater to the development and needs of the students ("Web 2.0 and," 2011)".
Response
I chose this quote because I feel this sums up what the future of education looks like. More and more education is advancing towards the technology field. I have personally seen this. When I first entered college in 1994 you met with your adviser and field out a paper form for your classes. A blackboard was just that a board that hung on the wall and professors used chalk to write on it. There was no Internet to do research you went to the library to look up information. When I came back to college in 2009 to finish my degree it was a shock when I met with my adviser and he gave me a pin number and told me to get online and register for my classes. My point here is that in just 15 years technology had grown by leaps and bounds and because my education had been done in the "Old Style" I really was not ready for it.
Now lets look at whats going on in the schools today. There are those teachers out there that still don not take advantage of the technology that is available to them. They still use the old practice of teaching. As it says in this quote "human beings are trying to attain to prepare them for the onset of the 21st century.Henceforth, traditional and obsolete learning styles will have to be replaced with sophisticated and modern technology which cater to the development and needs of the students ("Web 2.0 and," 2011)". To truly prepare our students for the 21st century we need to use technology and those Educators that do not want to get on board with this need to step down because are they really preparing their students and is that not their job?
Here is a great article about how technology is being used in classrooms around the country. In this article it also gives parents ways they can see if technology is being used and how they can help, great schools.
Sources
Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies/learning styles. (2011, May 19). Retrieved from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles
Technology in the classroom : Fad or foundation for learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.greatschools.org/students/media-kids/130-technology-in-the-classroom-fad-or-foundation-for-learning.gs?page=1
"With the advancement of Information and Technology. learners at large use innumerable computer softwares and gadgets to facilitate learning . They have become virtual learners In such respect, they gradually become autonomous learners. They can work independently . The teachers will act as facilitators in the process of learning and acquiring knowledge.Learning is so much fun as the students are able to pace their process of learning according to their capability, intelligence and knowledge.Similarly,students are widely exposed to the use of latest modern technology which can help them in the process of learning and quest for knowledge.It is a phenomenon that human beings are trying to attain to prepare them for the onset of the 21st century.Henceforth, traditional and obsolete learning styles will have to be replaced with sophisticated and modern technology which cater to the development and needs of the students ("Web 2.0 and," 2011)".
Response
I chose this quote because I feel this sums up what the future of education looks like. More and more education is advancing towards the technology field. I have personally seen this. When I first entered college in 1994 you met with your adviser and field out a paper form for your classes. A blackboard was just that a board that hung on the wall and professors used chalk to write on it. There was no Internet to do research you went to the library to look up information. When I came back to college in 2009 to finish my degree it was a shock when I met with my adviser and he gave me a pin number and told me to get online and register for my classes. My point here is that in just 15 years technology had grown by leaps and bounds and because my education had been done in the "Old Style" I really was not ready for it.
Now lets look at whats going on in the schools today. There are those teachers out there that still don not take advantage of the technology that is available to them. They still use the old practice of teaching. As it says in this quote "human beings are trying to attain to prepare them for the onset of the 21st century.Henceforth, traditional and obsolete learning styles will have to be replaced with sophisticated and modern technology which cater to the development and needs of the students ("Web 2.0 and," 2011)". To truly prepare our students for the 21st century we need to use technology and those Educators that do not want to get on board with this need to step down because are they really preparing their students and is that not their job?
Here is a great article about how technology is being used in classrooms around the country. In this article it also gives parents ways they can see if technology is being used and how they can help, great schools.
Sources
Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies/learning styles. (2011, May 19). Retrieved from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Styles
Technology in the classroom : Fad or foundation for learning. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.greatschools.org/students/media-kids/130-technology-in-the-classroom-fad-or-foundation-for-learning.gs?page=1
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
3351 Double Journal Entry #3
The first thing that caught my attention while reading this article as far as teaching literacy development is how it says to let the students talk in their own dialect. I agree with this because it is part of their heritage and they should not constantly be told that they are not speaking right. When you tell someone all the time that what they are doing is wrong, even in speaking, then you begin to hurt their self image. As teachers this is the last thing you want to do to a student.
The next thing that I fount interesting was how they had the students go out and interview their parents and grandparents. By doing this they are accomplishing two things. First they are getting the families involved in the school which is always a good thing. The second thing they are doing is giving the students a chance to learn about their heritage so not only does this address language development but is it not a little bit of a history lesson also.
The third thing I learned about language development is about is how all this fits into the use of contrastive analysis. By using this contrasive analysis they say it helped students with their use of Standard English. This has peeked my interest about this subject and I intend on doing a little more research on the subject.
Now as far as the examples from my schooling experience goes most are not good when dealing with instructions on speakers with non standard dialect. If you have read my introduction you know I am originally from a small town in Greenbrier county. You also will know that I moved to Morgantown over twenty years ago. Well being from down south I definitely had a little southern twang and my dialect was definitely different. When I started school in 6 grade in Morgantown I was constantly told I was not pronouncing words right and not to use certain words such as aint. This was done mostly in English class and led me to start hating the subject. I felt this way all the way up to 9th grade when I ended up with a great English teacher and I will never forget him. This man was still stuck in the 70s and you noticed this instantly when you first seen him. Even though it was 1990 he still wore bell bottoms and his hair cut looked like it came straight out of a bad disco movie. The reason I like this teacher so much was he never corrected your speech he just taught how not to use certain words in your writing and how to make your writing flow. He never once put any student down and if he did correct you about something he would do it one on one and not in front of someone. He is one of the reasons I have always wanted to be a teacher. Sorry for getting off subject but he is the one who did give me a good experience on literacy instruction.
One thing that they did touch on that has a relationship with inclusive strategies is getting the family involved. They did this by having the students interview family members.
Here is a great blog posting about using contrastive analysis.
The next thing that I fount interesting was how they had the students go out and interview their parents and grandparents. By doing this they are accomplishing two things. First they are getting the families involved in the school which is always a good thing. The second thing they are doing is giving the students a chance to learn about their heritage so not only does this address language development but is it not a little bit of a history lesson also.
The third thing I learned about language development is about is how all this fits into the use of contrastive analysis. By using this contrasive analysis they say it helped students with their use of Standard English. This has peeked my interest about this subject and I intend on doing a little more research on the subject.
Now as far as the examples from my schooling experience goes most are not good when dealing with instructions on speakers with non standard dialect. If you have read my introduction you know I am originally from a small town in Greenbrier county. You also will know that I moved to Morgantown over twenty years ago. Well being from down south I definitely had a little southern twang and my dialect was definitely different. When I started school in 6 grade in Morgantown I was constantly told I was not pronouncing words right and not to use certain words such as aint. This was done mostly in English class and led me to start hating the subject. I felt this way all the way up to 9th grade when I ended up with a great English teacher and I will never forget him. This man was still stuck in the 70s and you noticed this instantly when you first seen him. Even though it was 1990 he still wore bell bottoms and his hair cut looked like it came straight out of a bad disco movie. The reason I like this teacher so much was he never corrected your speech he just taught how not to use certain words in your writing and how to make your writing flow. He never once put any student down and if he did correct you about something he would do it one on one and not in front of someone. He is one of the reasons I have always wanted to be a teacher. Sorry for getting off subject but he is the one who did give me a good experience on literacy instruction.
One thing that they did touch on that has a relationship with inclusive strategies is getting the family involved. They did this by having the students interview family members.
Here is a great blog posting about using contrastive analysis.
Poll Everywhere Wordle
I see that most of the students in my class think of football when they think of WVU. I also noticed that they have also linked blue and gold to whenever they think of WVU.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
3351 Double Entry Journal #2
"As soon as she opened her mouth"
Quote
""I believe that if we claim to allow equal access to educational opportunity to all children in our school then we must. But I also know that whether we interpret differences among children--or adults--as deficit or difference depends primarily on our preconceptions, attitudes toward, and stereotypes we hold toward the individual children's communities and cultures. If the child's family is poor, his parents under-educated, his dialect nonstandard, then we are much more likely to interpret experiential difference as a deficit in the child, in the parents, in the home, in the sociocultural community within which this child has grown up. And when we do this, we play God, conferring or denying educational opportunity to individual, socioculturally different, children. And we do not have the right to do this (Gates 2002).
Response
I feel this quote strikes home to all of us. How many times have you witnessed a teacher treat a child like they were slow in a classroom just because they had on old clothes or even because they might have a speech problem? How many times have you yourself thought some one was dumb because of their accent or because of where they came from. I have witnessed this here at this college when a professor said that High School students in southern West Virginia were not as educated as those from the northern part of the state. As a educator I feel you should strive to never do this, you must put your biases aside or simply get out of the educational field. The thing that bothers me the most is that I know children are being judged by teachers every day and being seen as having a learning deficit when they don't. The ones with the true learning deficits are those teachers who do this.
Here is a video from YouTube that talks about strategies on teaching literacy.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r5qW2ULuyt8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Questions and Answers
What is literacy knowledge? Literacy knowledge is the concepts children learn as when they are younger from from watching and learning people around them reading and writing. A example of non print literacy knowledge would be when a young child wants their parent to read by talking because they do not yet get the concept of silent reading. A example of print literacy knowledge would be when a child scribbles on a peace of paper and asks you what did I write. They are starting to grasp the concept of written language.
How do stereotypes interfere with literacy instruction? By labeling a student because of a stereotype we are not truly seeing if a child has a literacy deficit or if they just don't have the experience.
How do schools and teachers contribute to poor literacy instruction in school? Schools and teachers do not focus on the experience differences but instead they are just labeling them as being deficit and moving them on. By doing this the child falls farther behind until they finally give up all together.
What is the relationship between language, social class, and the denial of educational opportunity? I see the relationship between these three things as this, if someone who sounds different when they speak and comes from a poor class tries to make sure their child is being given a proper education and not just passed from grade to grade they will be ignored when they voice this to the schools. By ignoring a uneducated poor families concerns for their child's education then that child is being denied their educational opportunity.
What are some misconceptions about the relationship between language and literacy? The biggest misconception about language and literacy is that if someone has a different dialect when they speak to often they are thought of as being illiterate.
What can schools and teachers do to improve literacy instruction? They must believe that all children from every class are learners. Secondly they need to not give up on any child.
How do you feel about the term "Proper English"? I feel that there is no such thing as "Proper English" only that which is suitable for the moment.
Sources
Gates, P. (2002). As soon as she opened her mouth. In L. Delpit & J. Dowdy (Eds.), In The skin that we speak: An anthology of essays on language and power (pp. 135-140).
ReadingRecoveryCNA. (2010, July 16). Effective literacy practices - Teaching for Transfer - Strategic Activity. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 23, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5qW2ULuyt8
"Tall tales of Appalachia"
Quote
"The reality show that CBS is considering not only exploits my part of the world, it also separates struggling Appalachians from the rest of the American poor. If a television network proposed a ''real life'' show treating poor African-Americans, Latinos, American Indians, Asians or Jews as curiosities, they, and all Americans of good will, would be justifiably outraged (O'Brien 2003)."
Response
I decided on this quote because it is very true. How is labeling people from Appalachia hillbillies any different then labeling others? He is right that if you did this to another group of people that everybody would be outraged about it but when you do it about hillbillies people just laugh. I wonder how they would feel if there were shows making fun of their heritage. The sad thing is that the people laughing and making the jokes never have even been to Appalachia, more then likely they couldn't even point it out on a map. So to me who is really the ignorant ones?
This video I fount on YouTube is some of the reasons why people think that people from Appalachia are just dumb hillbillies. This is just one family in Kentucky what if we went to New York and did a documentary on a family living in a ghetto and on drugs should we then say everyone from New York is poor druggies?
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z9wyOJ4di0g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Sources
O'Brien, J. (2003, May 10). Tall tales of Appalachia. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html
Kennedy, R (2007, June 28) American Hollow (1/10) - YouTube. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 22, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9wyOJ4di0g
Quote
""I believe that if we claim to allow equal access to educational opportunity to all children in our school then we must. But I also know that whether we interpret differences among children--or adults--as deficit or difference depends primarily on our preconceptions, attitudes toward, and stereotypes we hold toward the individual children's communities and cultures. If the child's family is poor, his parents under-educated, his dialect nonstandard, then we are much more likely to interpret experiential difference as a deficit in the child, in the parents, in the home, in the sociocultural community within which this child has grown up. And when we do this, we play God, conferring or denying educational opportunity to individual, socioculturally different, children. And we do not have the right to do this (Gates 2002).
Response
I feel this quote strikes home to all of us. How many times have you witnessed a teacher treat a child like they were slow in a classroom just because they had on old clothes or even because they might have a speech problem? How many times have you yourself thought some one was dumb because of their accent or because of where they came from. I have witnessed this here at this college when a professor said that High School students in southern West Virginia were not as educated as those from the northern part of the state. As a educator I feel you should strive to never do this, you must put your biases aside or simply get out of the educational field. The thing that bothers me the most is that I know children are being judged by teachers every day and being seen as having a learning deficit when they don't. The ones with the true learning deficits are those teachers who do this.
Here is a video from YouTube that talks about strategies on teaching literacy.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r5qW2ULuyt8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Questions and Answers
What is literacy knowledge? Literacy knowledge is the concepts children learn as when they are younger from from watching and learning people around them reading and writing. A example of non print literacy knowledge would be when a young child wants their parent to read by talking because they do not yet get the concept of silent reading. A example of print literacy knowledge would be when a child scribbles on a peace of paper and asks you what did I write. They are starting to grasp the concept of written language.
How do stereotypes interfere with literacy instruction? By labeling a student because of a stereotype we are not truly seeing if a child has a literacy deficit or if they just don't have the experience.
How do schools and teachers contribute to poor literacy instruction in school? Schools and teachers do not focus on the experience differences but instead they are just labeling them as being deficit and moving them on. By doing this the child falls farther behind until they finally give up all together.
What is the relationship between language, social class, and the denial of educational opportunity? I see the relationship between these three things as this, if someone who sounds different when they speak and comes from a poor class tries to make sure their child is being given a proper education and not just passed from grade to grade they will be ignored when they voice this to the schools. By ignoring a uneducated poor families concerns for their child's education then that child is being denied their educational opportunity.
What are some misconceptions about the relationship between language and literacy? The biggest misconception about language and literacy is that if someone has a different dialect when they speak to often they are thought of as being illiterate.
What can schools and teachers do to improve literacy instruction? They must believe that all children from every class are learners. Secondly they need to not give up on any child.
How do you feel about the term "Proper English"? I feel that there is no such thing as "Proper English" only that which is suitable for the moment.
Sources
Gates, P. (2002). As soon as she opened her mouth. In L. Delpit & J. Dowdy (Eds.), In The skin that we speak: An anthology of essays on language and power (pp. 135-140).
ReadingRecoveryCNA. (2010, July 16). Effective literacy practices - Teaching for Transfer - Strategic Activity. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 23, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5qW2ULuyt8
"Tall tales of Appalachia"
Quote
"The reality show that CBS is considering not only exploits my part of the world, it also separates struggling Appalachians from the rest of the American poor. If a television network proposed a ''real life'' show treating poor African-Americans, Latinos, American Indians, Asians or Jews as curiosities, they, and all Americans of good will, would be justifiably outraged (O'Brien 2003)."
Response
I decided on this quote because it is very true. How is labeling people from Appalachia hillbillies any different then labeling others? He is right that if you did this to another group of people that everybody would be outraged about it but when you do it about hillbillies people just laugh. I wonder how they would feel if there were shows making fun of their heritage. The sad thing is that the people laughing and making the jokes never have even been to Appalachia, more then likely they couldn't even point it out on a map. So to me who is really the ignorant ones?
This video I fount on YouTube is some of the reasons why people think that people from Appalachia are just dumb hillbillies. This is just one family in Kentucky what if we went to New York and did a documentary on a family living in a ghetto and on drugs should we then say everyone from New York is poor druggies?
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z9wyOJ4di0g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Sources
O'Brien, J. (2003, May 10). Tall tales of Appalachia. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/10/opinion/tall-tales-of-appalachia.html
Kennedy, R (2007, June 28) American Hollow (1/10) - YouTube. YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 22, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9wyOJ4di0g
2201 Double Journal #1 "Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade"
Quote
"A classroom suited to today’s students should deemphasize solitary piecework. It should facilitate the kind of collaboration that helps individuals compensate for their blindnesses, instead of cultivating them. That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort (Heffernan 2011."
Response
I chose this quote because I totally agree with what she is saying. The world is constantly changing and to survive in it we must change along with it. By not changing the old way of educating our children are we truly preparing them for the world in which they live in today. The old way of educating worked for that generation but it is failing this more technological generation. I am not saying that all of the old ways are bad just that they need to be upgraded to fit the reality of what is happening now. One of the biggest problems in today's educational field is that because a lot of the teacher themselves grew up doing things a certain way they themselves don't understand how to use the new technology and sadly most of them just don't want to learn and prefer to do things the old basic way. I feel because of this that they are failing to prepare their students for the real world. What I feel we need to do is not just educate the students but also the teachers.
This video gives a lot of reasons why technology need to be in the classroom.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mzi2RIt8_nk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Sources
Heffernan, V. (2011, August 07). Education needs a digital upgrade. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/
amplivoxsound. (2011,October 31) Top 10 reasons to use technology in education: iPad, tablet, computer,listening centers -YouTube. YouTube-Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 22, 2012, from http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzi2RIt8_nk
"A classroom suited to today’s students should deemphasize solitary piecework. It should facilitate the kind of collaboration that helps individuals compensate for their blindnesses, instead of cultivating them. That classroom needs new ways of measuring progress, tailored to digital times — rather than to the industrial age or to some artsy utopia where everyone gets an Awesome for effort (Heffernan 2011."
Response
I chose this quote because I totally agree with what she is saying. The world is constantly changing and to survive in it we must change along with it. By not changing the old way of educating our children are we truly preparing them for the world in which they live in today. The old way of educating worked for that generation but it is failing this more technological generation. I am not saying that all of the old ways are bad just that they need to be upgraded to fit the reality of what is happening now. One of the biggest problems in today's educational field is that because a lot of the teacher themselves grew up doing things a certain way they themselves don't understand how to use the new technology and sadly most of them just don't want to learn and prefer to do things the old basic way. I feel because of this that they are failing to prepare their students for the real world. What I feel we need to do is not just educate the students but also the teachers.
This video gives a lot of reasons why technology need to be in the classroom.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mzi2RIt8_nk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Sources
Heffernan, V. (2011, August 07). Education needs a digital upgrade. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/education-needs-a-digital-age-upgrade/
amplivoxsound. (2011,October 31) Top 10 reasons to use technology in education: iPad, tablet, computer,listening centers -YouTube. YouTube-Broadcast Yourself. Retrieved January 22, 2012, from http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzi2RIt8_nk
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Introduction Post
I am originally from a small town in Greenbrier county but I have lived in Morgantown off and on for the past twenty years. My ideal teaching position would be in a High School teaching History. I feel children do not learn from one way of teaching but by multiple ways. What I mean by this is that some children are able to read something on their own and know it while others learn by listening and still others learn by different means. I guess what I am trying to say is that children learn in all types of ways and its the teachers job to not just teach by one method but to teach by many methods. In my classroom I will use cooperative learning techniques such as having the students work in groups. I will also use as much technology as is at my disposal. I will not be a teacher who only teaches by one technique such as read this and then take a quiz.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Double Entry Journal #1
Inclusive Education defined to me is simply not just including all special needs students in a regular classroom like they are doing with what they now call "mainstreaming". Inclusive Education is dealing more with giving all students with special needs the teaching and tools they need to achieve the highest level of education possible while also getting them involved with their community. Inclusive Education is geared towards diverse students that include a wide spectrum such as students with learning disabilities, autism, and even socioeconomic needs.
There are several characteristics of Inclusive schools. The first that I fount interesting after reading the article "Research Review for Inclusive Practices" was how Inclusive schools try to create a sense of community for their school among their students. I feel by doing this the school is providing a sense of pride in the fact that these students belong to something where they may never of experienced this before, and everybody needs to feel they belong to something. The next characteristic of a Inclusive school is having parents as partners. By including the parents in the education of their children I feel you accomplish so much more in the long run. If you can get the parents involved then you have a better chance of educating the students bu having a solid plan and trying to eliminate the conflict of interest between the school and the home.
The strategy that I feel is the best to help students become more responsible and effective in the inclusive process is cooperative learning. This involves having groups of students working together. By doing this they learn to work as a group to accomplish a goal. I observed this being done and working great in a six grade class I observed last semester. The students with a that were a little bit faster learners helped those that were having trouble. This was a great example of Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development".
References
Inos, R., & Quigley, M. (n.d.). Research review for inclusive practices. Retrieved from http://ww.prel.org
Video of children in a inclusive pre school classroom from You Tube.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rvww1K6fxGY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Reaction
I chose to this video from you tube because this is Inclusive Education in action. I also feel this shows that by starting children off at a young age it will set a path for them to follow. To me by starting these students off in pre school in a inclusive classroom will definitely benefit them in the future because they will see this type of teaching as the norm and not something new and unusual to them.
There are several characteristics of Inclusive schools. The first that I fount interesting after reading the article "Research Review for Inclusive Practices" was how Inclusive schools try to create a sense of community for their school among their students. I feel by doing this the school is providing a sense of pride in the fact that these students belong to something where they may never of experienced this before, and everybody needs to feel they belong to something. The next characteristic of a Inclusive school is having parents as partners. By including the parents in the education of their children I feel you accomplish so much more in the long run. If you can get the parents involved then you have a better chance of educating the students bu having a solid plan and trying to eliminate the conflict of interest between the school and the home.
The strategy that I feel is the best to help students become more responsible and effective in the inclusive process is cooperative learning. This involves having groups of students working together. By doing this they learn to work as a group to accomplish a goal. I observed this being done and working great in a six grade class I observed last semester. The students with a that were a little bit faster learners helped those that were having trouble. This was a great example of Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development".
References
Inos, R., & Quigley, M. (n.d.). Research review for inclusive practices. Retrieved from http://ww.prel.org
Video of children in a inclusive pre school classroom from You Tube.
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rvww1K6fxGY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Reaction
I chose to this video from you tube because this is Inclusive Education in action. I also feel this shows that by starting children off at a young age it will set a path for them to follow. To me by starting these students off in pre school in a inclusive classroom will definitely benefit them in the future because they will see this type of teaching as the norm and not something new and unusual to them.
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