Inclusive+Education+for+Learning+Disabilities

Directions for posting articles on your group's page:

Post a link to two article/videos/sources you've found that provide interesting, relevant, detailed, and significant evidence about your group's topic. Write a 5-6 sentence paragraph below your link summarizing the key points of the article and also assessing the source's legitimacy. Use the example below as a model

When assessing a source's legitimacy, you want to consider if it is current enough for your topic, if the writer has experiences/education that qualifies him/her as an expert , if the perspective presented is balanced or biased , AND if the article provides relevant/important information.

Example of what you will post for each of the two sources you will contribute to your group:

__NPR story arguing why space exploration is still important--Sybenga__
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National Public Radio interviewed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book titled: //Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.// Tyson argues that the idea of space exploration can motivate the best and brightest of future generations to pursue careers in science and math, which will lead to innovations in all fields within science and technology. Because space captures the imagination of the general public, a renewed investment in our space program will cultivate a renewed commitment to the disciplines of science and math. Tyson claims that NASA is severely underfunded, citing the fact that right now, one year of military funding is equal to fifty years of NASA's budget. He also argues that studying problems on other planets (global warming on Venus and the depletion of water on Mars) will help humans to develop creative solutions to similar problems on planet Earth. He also insists that it is imperative to understand the cosmos because Earth is intimately enmeshed in the universe. To illustrate, he notes the relatively small probability of an asteroid crashing into the earth in the next twenty years. Tyson is an expert in the field who recently published a book on the topic, although he takes a strong perspective in favor of the merits of space exploration, without exploring its risks.

Inclusion: The Pros and Cons[]--Jessica Maxin

The article discusses the opprotunities as well as missed opprotunities dissabled students endure due to the effects of mainstreaming these students into the general classroom or keeping them isolated. For years students with severe dissabilities haveo only experienced socilization with their non dissabled peers at lunch or recess. Other then these minimal interactions, dissabled students are kept in confined classrooms thus the school system is doing a disservice to these students. It is not enough to simply provide the resources needed to be succesful but also provide these resources in the apporopiate enviorment. Inclusion advocates explain the importance of "a commitment to move needed services and resources to the child with a disability rather than to place the child in a more removed or segregated setting where services and resources are located." It is this commitment that puts much responsibility upon teachers to identify the needs of each student both intellectually and socially. This may require additionaly special education aids in the classroom but this will not cost more money for these special education teachers will no longer have individual classes but be trained in collaboration in lessons with mainstream teachers to create an inclusive learning enviorment for all students.

Integration of Disabled students into the modern classroom: portfolios.music.ufl.edu/jbranch/Diversepopulationspowerpoint.doc-- Jessica Maxin

This presentation explains not only the history of dissability inclusion and the progress made throughout the years but also the need for goverment intervention in creating an inclusive learning enviorment for dissabled students. The Education for all Handicapped Children Act was enacted in 1975 which states that " disability is a natural part of the human experience and in no way diminishes the right of individuals to participate in or contribute to society." This enabled much reform in providing equality in education for dissabled youth. However, the lack of focus on specific teaching methods have led to the lack of effectivity of this act. Thus IDEA: Individuals with Dissablities Education Act serves to"ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public education that emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for employment and independent living." In hopes to provide the education to allow all students including todays dissabled student population to be successful these students must be mainstreemed in the public school system to prepare them for the real world. [] --Mallory Perper This article is about inclusion with children who have disabilities. It promotes it because it shows the feelings parents of children with disabilities have. They believe inclusion is crucial to have the best education.

[] --Mallory Perper This article also agrees that there should be inclusion. It says that it helps children with disabilities socially, and mentally, allowing them to learn more. Also, by being around other peers, they can learn from observations, and not feel distant from the “regular” classes. With mixed classes it levels the playing field and allows more acceptance of children with disabilities.

Inclusion in the Classroom- [] information on how to intergrate children with disabilities into classrooms and why it is important to do so. http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=DA-SORT&inPS=true&prodId=GRGM&userGroupName=dclib_main&tabID=T003&searchId=R2&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&contentSegment=&searchType=BasicSearchForm&currentPosition=6&contentSet=GALE|A58035906&&docId=GALE|A58035906&docType=GALE&role=
 * Jasmin Bryant**

Making Learning Accessible was produced by Lesli Goldberg that explains that there should be education accessible for students with disabilities. The National Center was focusing on accessibility on implementing inclusive education for kids with disabilities.


 * The inclusiveness of teaching students with disabilities-- Hector Torres**

@http://gradworks.umi.com/34/71/3471046.html

Peterson, Kristen, Ph.D., WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY in his ‘‘A Qualitative Study of Instructional Strategies Used by Elementary General Education Teachers in Inclusive Classrooms’’ article argues that we are doing a much better job to deal with students with learning disabilities however the teachers lack a better understanding of how a special education class is. Because a normal classroom cannot handle special kids a stronger special curriculum is necessary and more experts are needed to consult.


 * Pros and Cons - DeAngelo Edwards**

In this article, Dr. Alan Harchik goes over the amy pros and cons of inclusive education. For pros he says that is helps disabled children to function better in society, because they are able to learn with their fellow peers, and it sometimes leads to better acceptance in the community. For the cons he says that this form of education may not be right for some people, and that sometimes schools do not have qualified teacher for teaching those with serious disabilities. He concluded with saying that parents should contact school to make sure it is right for their kids. He also says that there are many specialized schools for children with disabilities like autism. http://www.newsforparents.org/experts_inclusion_pros_cons.html

More Sites - Jasmin Bryant

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