To, The Education Minister, Lynpo Minbo Dukpa Ministry of Education, Thimphu Bhutan. Honourable Minister, This letter consists of Bhutan’s affiliation to an inclusive educative system, the explanation of what the country lacks in terms of an inclusive education, the challenges the country faces, how the country would benefit from having an inclusive educative system, where and how the country stands on an international level in terms of inclusion and recommendations to improve the approach towards an inclusive education in Bhutan. 1. Introduction: 1.a) What is Inclusive Education? A setting of an inclusive education would require all students particularly students with any kind of disabilities to feel welcomed. Age is of no restriction students and adults with disabilities all are to feel no sense of hostility from anyone. Inclusive education emphasizes entirely upon developing and designing a comfortable environment inclusive of an educative curriculum suitable for children with disabilities.(Jamie, 2012) 1.b) Bhutan adopting an Inclusive Educative system The enrolments of students in schools have drastically improved as the country undergoes development and progression. Not only have the enrolments gained a massive increment but also the infrastructure of new school buildings across the country continues to proliferate. The education is free to all students until the tenth grade, after the tenth grade the government provides
Inclusive learning is about ensuring all your learners have the opportunity to be involved and included in the learning process. It’s also about treating all learners equally and fairly, without directly or indirectly excluding anyone. Inclusion is about attitudes as well as behaviour, as learners can be affected by
Inclusive practice is about adapting what is being delivered to make learning accessible to everyone regardless of ability, special education need (SEN) or any other barrier that might exist. When planning to meet the needs of everyone in the group it is essential that the teacher has as much information about everyone as possible. (The City and Guilds textbook level 3 Award in Education and Training). Features of inclusive teaching and learning starts with knowing which learning styles your learners prefer, to do this you can use VARK (visual, aural, read/write and kinetic) test which was designed by Neil Fleming to help learners and teachers know what learning methods they are best suited to e.g. in the first lesson my tutor asked for us
1.1. Inclusive learning is about recognising that all your students have the right to be treated equally and fairly, have the same access to all products, services and have the opportunity to be involved and included. As a teacher you need to be aware that all students are not the same as they all do not learn in the same way, the ways in which a teacher can overcome this is using the Teaching and Learning Cycle, using visual, auditory and kinaesthetic materials (VAK) and agreeing on individual learning plans (ILPs). Other features could include self reflective exercises, quizzes and providing opportunities for students to reflect on their own
An inclusive environment is a condition where everyone has an opportunity to fully participate. In education, this means everyone has the same opportunity, there should be no borders such as ethnicity, gender or disability. All students should feel valued, be able to mix and participate with all members of the group be in a safe and positive environment.
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,
"It's about embracing the idea that diversity is the reality and, therefore, each child is a unique learner," (Hopkins, 2000) An inclusive classroom is a general education classroom that students with or without disabilities learn together. “In this context, students with disabilities attend the same schools as their neighbors and peers without disabilities where they are provided all support needed to achieve full access to the same curriculum. Inclusion
Quality inclusion is built upon a community that respects all students regardless of factors, such as race or academic abilities. This is deeply rooted in the concept of the least restrictive environment, which states that students should be educated with their peers to the greatest extent possible. As stated in the article Classroom Management in Inclusive Settings “As the composition of students within classes becomes ever more diverse, educational policies and practices need to become more inclusive” (Soodak, 2003, pp 328). The author gives the readers insight into the movement surrounding inclusion, which is supported by laws protecting those with disabilities. As schools move towards implementing inclusive models standards must be
Inclusive education means that all students in a school, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area, become part of the school community. They are included in the feeling of belonging among other students, teachers, and support staff. The educational practice known as, full inclusion may have negative effects on the self-esteem of a special needs child. In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, also known as Public Law94-142. Before this law came into effect many children with disabilities were routinely excluded from public schools.
Through my theoretical and small practical understanding of inclusive education I will be embracing the concept and practice of inclusion through the use of the term Curriculum Differentiation, which is all about arranging the classroom learning environment to be more suitable for students of all types, abilities and learning capacities to have the chance to reach their own individual maximum potentials (Carpenter, 2010). Through researching and learning about inclusion I have come to believe and agree with the statement of “Diversity not Deficit” when teaching in an inclusive school or classroom (Queensland Government, 2005). This statement reflects my own personal philosophy of inclusive education, as it pushes my strong belief that education is about not seeing any of the students, their families or the
Applying inclusive learning is increasingly important in our diverse society and education should reflect, promote and facilitate this. For example, there are more and more disabled people entering education nowadays than there used to be: an inclusive environment must ensure that they are equally valued and
Lisa Friedman said that “inclusion is the opportunity to learn together and from one another.” Inclusive education is when students with and without disabilities partake in activities and learn in the same classes. It is when neighborhood schools welcome all students to attend age-appropriate classes and encouraged to learn and contribute to all parts of school life. The inclusion methods of special education in Canada and Mexico are different in that in Canada inclusive education is widely adopted while in Mexico inclusive education is found mainly in urban settings. Canada and Mexico are similar in that they both offer few opportunities for inclusion.
Inclusive education means that all students in a school, regardless of their strengths or weaknesses in any area, become part of the school community. They are included in the feeling of belonging among other students, teachers, and support staff. The educational practice known as, full inclusion may have negative effects on the self-esteem of a special needs child. In 1975, Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, also known as Public Law94-142. Before this law came into effect many children with disabilities were routinely excluded from public schools.
The word inclusive is something that will be heard in education. Especially, as it relates to students in the classroom. An inclusive classroom is one in which students with or without disabilities learn together. There are certain classrooms where only students with disabilities are together to learn and that is not what inclusive is looking for. The purpose of this writing piece is to make one more familiar with the rights of inclusion as it relates to students with special needs, the program and plan for helping these types of students, and ways the classroom can better help these types of students.
Inclusion is not a new idea, but has been rapidly gaining momentum within many disciplines internationally. Inclusive education is a term often associated with Special education, and children with additional needs. However, inclusive education is about ensuring that educational settings allow for meaningful participation by all learners. Each child has their own unique identity, ways of doing things, strengths and weaknesses. Ministry of Education [MoE] (1998) states that teachers “should recognise that as all students are individuals, their learning may call for different approaches, different resourcing, and different goals” (p. 39, emphasis added). This statement shows that all children may require differing approaches in
Inclusive education brings all children with or without disability under a same educational environment with same opportunity and right. Inclusion disagree the concept of special school or classrooms to separate students with disabilities from students without disabilities. In today’s date, 148 countries including the European Union have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities (UNCRPD) and 158 have adopted the Convention. In December2013 a Report-‘Thematic Study on the Rights of persons with disabilities to education’ from the UN Human Rights Council clearly stated that “inclusion and inclusive education is one of the key provisions of the UNCRPD”. Article 24 mentioned that disability should not prevent people from successfully participating in the mainstream education system. But this study illustrates that although some steps have been taken towards inclusion such as, by the provision of statutory rights to inclusion in