I thought the presentation on Exceptional Students was really well thought out and nicely stated. I enjoyed the activities and the questions that we were given for us to discuss. There are two different types of children with Exceptional skills. Those that are gifted and talented and then those who have learning disabilities. We got to debate the issue of being for or against inclusion in the classroom.
Some of the reasons we were against inclusion:
-singling out students
-low self esteem
-a lot of work and time for the teacher
-social problems
Reasons stated for inclusion:
-equality
-not singling out students
-showing children not everyone is perfect
I loved the video of Amy Mullins speaking about "disabilities." She made some great points, especially about the official definition that is in the dictionary. It is a wake up call that we don't even realize it, but we automatically think of those with disabilities as weak, but that isn't the case at all!
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