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Debate One . Educational curricula and techniques geared towards education penalizes the average learner. Definition .
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Debate One Educational curricula and techniques geared towards education penalizes the average learner.
Definition • We define inclusive education as a classroom which includes students from all backgrounds with disabilities ranging from mild to severe to gifted to physically- and mentally-challenged and in need of constant supervision.
Safety • Student attitudes towards integrating with kids with disabilities • Parent attitude towards integrating with kids with disabilities • Safety?
Teacher Support • Childre, Sands, and Pope (2009): • More time spent on explicit instruction • Differentiated Instruction (Salend, 2008): • Multi-leveled teaching • Tiered assignments • HALO Technique taught at UCF • Teaching Written & Spoken Language (EEX 6107) • Plan for “High, Average, Low, Other” Source: Salend, S.J. (2008). Creating inclusive classrooms (6thed).Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education. Childre, A., Sands, J., & Pope, S. (2009). Designing challenging curriculum: Backward design. Teaching Exceptional Children, 41(5), 6-14.
Financial Cost • “Cost of Inclusion Article”
Meta-Analysis “The effects are, at best weak.” (Lindsay, 2003). Source: Baker, E. T., & And Others. (1995). The Effects of Inclusion on Learning. Educational Leadership, 52(4), 33-35. Lindsay, G. (2003). Inclusive Education: a critical perspective. British Journal of Special Education, 30(1), 3-9.