Assess The Importance Of Educational Inclusion

In 1993 a woman by the name of Dee Begg filed a lawsuit against the school district office of Baltimore County, Maryland. She wanted her son Sean, a developmentally challenged eight-year-old boy suffering from Trisomy 21, also known as Down syndrome, to be able to attend a public school with normal children. Down Syndrome is a genetic condition in which a person is born with forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual forty-six causing both physical and mental handicaps. Children suffering from Down syndrome will often have a smaller than usual and abnormally shaped head. An abnormally large forehead, with their eyes slanting upward, small ears and mouth are just a few of the telltale signs. Children suffering from this disorder

Explain the importance of active participation of children and young people in decisions affecting their lives The importance of active participation of children and young people in decisions affecting their lives is you can find out what the child or family actually want or need. It’s very important to listen to their views and communicate with parents and respect their points of view you need to communicate well with children and take into account that young children may use non-verbal communication. If children and young people are given chances on what activity they would like to do they are making a decision which can help them become confident every week we let the children choose which part of the school they would

A school where there are high expectations of all pupils and pupils are supported to reach their potential. Pupils from all ethnic groups have level of attainment and rates of

The follow assessment will have a brief description of the importance of inclusion and inclusive practices in work with children and young people. And it also contains an exploration of how our own attitudes, values and behaviour may lead to that inclusive practice, how to challenge discrimination and how to promote some important anti-discriminatory and inclusive practices.

Inclusion is the act of having students with disabilities and abled body students in the same classroom. In concept this has many benefits not only for the students but it also saves time and money for the school, however in practice I do not think inclusion works the way it was hoped to. Inclusion in theory will put light strain on the classroom because of safe guards such as helper teachers are in place to help out. In my experience these teachers are in the way most of the time when students are trying to learn, and students feel cheated when the special needs students are handed a supplemented test making the students feel bad. Lastly that the pros of inclusion in the classroom are set in perfect conditions with good teachers on both sides special education and general education, however most of the time that is not the case.

and shared understanding of the skills and knowledge that young people will gain at school. The

encourage and promote participation in the life of the school in ways that contribute to the well-being of everyone;

Creating an inclusive learning environment is an extremely important aspect of modern education, which, according to Gravells (2008: p18), ensures that “[…] all learners are entitled to be treated with respect and dignity. Everyone is an individual, with different experiences, abilities and needs.” She also offers a brief explanation of inclusivity (2008: p18), which is “[…] involving all learners in relevant activities rather than excluding them for any reason directly or indirectly.” Inclusion has also been defined by John Tomlinson (1996: p26) as “the greatest degree of match or fit between individual learning requirements and provision”. In the other words, inclusive learning environment nurtures individual potential of all learners,

Equality permits all students the privilege to have access to and participate in education despite their disability or different conditions. Gravells (2008) believes that 'Disparity and separation ought to be attached to guarantee reasonableness, respectability and regard among learners. '

Inclusion within a classroom is anything but early, for the students or teachers. Some students may not be used to being enrolled in classes with more than 10 students. Teachers tend to at times stress if thins aren’t completely planned out for their classes, so they tend to plan prior to the year starting, to be ready for their upcoming students. “But what if including all students and attending thoughtfully to diversity were part of the solution rather than part of the task overload” (Sapon-Shevin, 2008, p. 49)? Exactly, see I believe the reason there are benefits in my opinions in having inclusion in the classroom, because it teaches the general education compassion and willing to support their peers. For fact they see them struggling. Though I believe the rare benefits to having inclusion in the class with change there are always challenges. Yet I believe the teachers will have the biggest change as they will learn how to manage a classroom with students that learn on different levels. “Part of the problem, I think, was that we were desegregating with- out any regard whatsoever for if that particular child belonged in that particular class” (Carpenter, 2008, p. 136). Now that is a major challenge, placing students in the wrong setting of classes, can be damaging for the students. From my experience with my son, he was enrolled in a different class elective that he chooses, but due to limited assistants he was placed in PE. Which he as a junior doesn’t need to take three

Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all targets.

connecting them with life outside the school to enable a search for personal meaning, socioeconomic advancement and critical understanding of work and society.

Inclusion can be defined as the act of being present at regular education classes with the support and services needed to successfully achieve educational goals. Inclusion in the scholastic environment benefits both the disabled student and the non-disabled student in obtaining better life skills. By including all students as much as possible in general or regular education classes all students can learn to work cooperatively, learn to work with different kinds of people, and learn how to help people in tasks. “As Stainback, Stainback, East, and Sapon-Shevin (1994) have noted, ‘...the goal of inclusion in schools is to create a world in which all people are knowledgeable about and supportive of all other

In first being able to define inclusive education, it is necessary to understand the diversity of the student population. Disability comes in my varying forms and can be physical, sensory, intellectual, mental health and emotional, developmental, and non-visible (e.g. asthma). If disability was the only agent to consider in the diversity scenario things would be easier for teachers but there are a number of other classifications of students to consider: Gifted or talented; English as a second language (ESL); Indigenous students; and many other classifications which fall under the societal/family/personal heading (Ashman & Elkin, 2012).

Inclusive education in South Africa is too idealistic because pragmatic things like the environment in which learners with learning barriers are situated in does not accommodate for their barriers. For example in township schools learners with barriers are excluded due to the fact that they only have stairs for learners who do not have disabilities, they do not have ramps for those learners who make use of wheelchairs to walk. Inclusionist say that learners with disabilities should be included in the general education regardless of their disabilities but this tends to be disruptive in the