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Debate One

Debate One . Educational curricula and techniques geared towards education penalizes the average learner. Definition .

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Debate One

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  1. Debate One Educational curricula and techniques geared towards education penalizes the average learner.

  2. 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.

  3. Safety • Student attitudes towards integrating with kids with disabilities • Parent attitude towards integrating with kids with disabilities • Safety?

  4. 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.

  5. Financial Cost • “Cost of Inclusion Article”

  6. 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.  

  7. History • 1975 Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) …have right to education in least restrictive environment (LER)… • LER was never clearly defined – “inclusion” never used until early ‘90’s – it has all “evolved” to what it is today • 1997 IDEA was reauthorized – did not used the term inclusion – codified principle by requiring IEP broadening access to General Education

  8. Why? • Heralded by social scientists and inclusion advocates 68% of which have not been in a classroom in over 16 years • Remains because it is a cheap fix …. • Our “benevolent” politicians love it! Allows them to move funding into areas that gets votes…. • No longer hiring specialist for low student to teacher ratio…use regular, untrained staff! • Difficulty of disagreeing with this policy – will seen as “cruel, inhuman, or uncaring”

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