How To Create The Inclusive Classroom

Hot on the heels of the Government's new SEN strategy, this book's at-a- glance' format provides practitioners with a handy self-help resource. This book will help you to: create a learner-friendly barrier-free classroom using checklists to monitor inclusive practice understanding the impact on classroom practice of recent legislation following power point slides detailing government standards and guidance clarify the roles and expectations of pupils, parents, SENCOs, INCOs, teachers and school leaders

To create truly inclusive school and classroom environments, educators must be prepared to include all students--including students with intellectual disabilities, who are not always given the opportunity to be full participants in the classroom. This book provides an overview of the history of inclusion, the philosophy underlying inclusion, and the role that curriculum accommodations and modifications play in making inclusion possible. The author discusses four ways to modify curriculum for students working well below grade level: altering content, conceptual difficulty, educational goals, or instructional methods. She then provides 40 curriculum modification strategies, based on Robert Marzano's New Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, with directions for implementation and samples of student work.

This practical and timely revision of a popular book shows teachers how to create safer classrooms that meet the needs of all students. No matter what their needs, backgrounds, and skills, this remarkable book explores how to create effective learning environments where all students feel they belong.

This powerful, practical resource helps faculty create an inclusive dynamic in their classrooms, so that all students are set up to succeed. Grounded in research and theory (including educational psychology, scholarship of teaching and learning, intergroup dialogue, and social justice theory), this book provides practical solutions to help faculty create an inclusive learning environment in which all students can thrive. Each chapter focuses on palpable ideas and adaptive strategies to use right away when teaching. The first chapter consider professors’ intersecting personal and social identities and their expectations for themselves and their students. Chapter 2 considers students’ backgrounds, including class, race, disability, and gender, and focuses on what students bring to the classroom, exploring their basic psychological needs of autonomy, competence, and belonging; their approaches to learning; and their self-doubts and uncertainties. Chapter 3 draws on universally-designed learning in combination with educational design rooted in social justice and multiculturalism to describe ways to design spaces in which students flourish academically. Two chapters focus on classroom dynamics. Chapter 4 primarily focuses on preparation for having difficult conversations in the classroom, considering how instructors can create a shared understanding between themselves and their students. Chapter 5 focuses on in-the-moment strategies to both create and manage discomfort about sensitive and controversial topics while supporting students of various social identities (such as gender, race, disability). In the closing chapter, the author integrates all the elements in the preceding chapters, and also presents more general college-wide programs to help faculty develop and improve their teaching.

Integrate global learning activities in your elementary classrooms today with this easy-to-use guide! The world is more interrelated today than ever before. This smart, all-in-one resource from widely acclaimed authors Homa Tavangar and Becky Morales helps busy, budget-conscious educators give younger students the global edge. You’ll find hundreds of easy, stand-alone activities, resources, and projects to: Seamlessly integrate your existing K–5 Common Core curriculum with fun, interactive global awareness themes and activities Effectively recruit more parent and community volunteers and organizations Securely and productively use social media for student global collaboration projects Confidently infuse fresh ideas and best practices into your international events Plan after-school global awareness clubs, foreign language programs, and cross-curricular activities This book includes a handy 12-month timeline, backmapping tips, a checklist of 50+ ready-to-start projects and activities, and invaluable links to online global education sites, as well as the author’s site that includes tools, templates, references, and much more. Bring the world into your classroom the easy, practical way with this ready-to-use guide!

The fifth edition of "Creating Inclusive Classrooms: Effective and Reflective Practices for All Students" goes beyond the typical inclusion text in its reflective discussions on how to teach students with varying (earning abilities. This text contains a(( of the core information that an inclusion text requires and then takes the reader to a higher (eve( by including issues of gender, race, ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and family structures. Features of the fifth edition include: Principles of effective inclusion as a framework for the text. The following principles are integrated into each chapter and demonstrate that inclusion is not just a government mandate, but a principled philosophy for reflective and effective teaching "for all students: " all learners and equal access; individual strengths and needs; reflective practices and differentiated instruction; and community and collaboration. "Classroom-based examples and case studies of teachers implementing effective inclusive educational practices." These examples and cases are integrated throughout the chapter narrative and with the CD-ROM that accompanies the text. "Inclusive Classrooms: Video Cases on CD-ROM." This new CD-ROM provides access to living classroom examples of teaching and learning strategies for inclusion. Each video case (4 cases) depicts scenarios that clearly show the impact of inclusion on supporting students with challenging behaviors (preschool), classroom climate (elementary), assessment and planning (middle), and partial participation and cooperative (earning (secondary). "Using Technology to PromoteInclusion." A new feature that uses a variety of formats to present issues, strategies, and resources for using technology to help students gain access to and succeed in inclusive classrooms. "The integration of CEC, PRAXIS, and INTASC professional standards." Each chapter summary demonstrates where chapter content aligns with these standards.

In this comprehensive resource on inclusive schooling, administrators, general and special educators, and parents explore how inclusive education can support a diverse student body at all grade levels. They show how schools can meet standards and provide a "least restrictive environment" for students with disabilities by using cooperative learning, teaming, multi-age grouping, multicultural education, social skills training, and educational technology applications. And they explain how to facilitate change by using universal design principles and other curricular, instructional, assessment, and organizational practices. The authors examine the prevailing myths and the most frequently asked questions about inclusive education, and they provide an extensive list of resources. Woven through the book are the personal stories of people with disabilities and the educators and parents who work with them. As their voices make clear, inclusion is more than an educational buzzword; inclusion is a way of life, based on the belief that each individual is valued and belongs.

Each year there is a growing emphasis on the inclusion of students with special needs into the general education population. This book is a tool for teachers who have a student or students in their classroom whose behaviors are impeding their learning.