As you have probably gathered, I do read many articles and posts from others' online contributions, professional and otherwise. This gives me a good insight into how other professionals and specialists are thinking about managing the increasing numbers of challenging situations teachers are facing. I know we are told that the majority of pupils are behaving well and that exclusions are reducing, but for the teacher in the inner city or deprived area, this is little solace. For many of them, it's a real challenge just to keep the pupils on task, safe and in the classroom.
So it's interesting when someone writes a very comprehensive post on inclusion and I thought you might like to read it. Please take the time to read the rest of this article and I think there will be many aspects which have been bought together very well
I particularly liked the section on writing, a real crusade for me, if ever there needed to be one
Writing
Learning Disabled students, by their nature, have ability levels which are incongruent. Many times their auditory/verbal channels for receiving and processing information far exceed their abilities to communicate in written language. The logical step for the teacher is to teach writing revision strategies in order to encourage students to utilize the best written/expressive vocabulary possible. Many students avoid more complex words in fear of mistakes and those ugly red marks for teachers are known. Thanks to concepts such as "invented spelling" many learners are learning to cope with spelling disabilities, for example, by using wise strategies and other helps: spell checker.
So it's interesting when someone writes a very comprehensive post on inclusion and I thought you might like to read it. Please take the time to read the rest of this article and I think there will be many aspects which have been bought together very well
I particularly liked the section on writing, a real crusade for me, if ever there needed to be one
Writing
Learning Disabled students, by their nature, have ability levels which are incongruent. Many times their auditory/verbal channels for receiving and processing information far exceed their abilities to communicate in written language. The logical step for the teacher is to teach writing revision strategies in order to encourage students to utilize the best written/expressive vocabulary possible. Many students avoid more complex words in fear of mistakes and those ugly red marks for teachers are known. Thanks to concepts such as "invented spelling" many learners are learning to cope with spelling disabilities, for example, by using wise strategies and other helps: spell checker.