In other words, disabled children would still
benefit from the social benefits of interacting with other disabled
students, in a special education setting.
One of the most widely argued position by opponents of inclusion is
the disruption these classroom cause to the non-disabled student. As a
result of frequency disruptions due to the special needs of disabled
students, non-disabled students suffer some educational losses and
opportunities for learning at their regular pace. This is because the
special needs of disabled students can be distracting, and take away
valuable classroom time for the non-disabled child. However, there are
not a sufficient amount of research studies that have been conducted for
opponents to successfully win this segment of the argument.
Conclusion & Recommendations
Future recommendations for equality in education have been widely
written about. The majority of the research in this area generally
agrees that a continuum of placements, supports and services should be
made available for all students, but always assume that every student's
first placement is in regular education. According to the Wisconsin
Education Association Council (2007), all school placement decisions of a
disabled child should be based on a well-developed program with an
emphasis on the needs of the child, her/his peers and the reasonable
provision of services. In addition, before any new programs are
developed, the building staff must agree on a clearly articulated
philosophy of education (an education ethic) (Wisconsin Education
Association Council, 2007). Teachers and support staff must be fully
involved in the decision-making, planning and evaluation processes for
individual students and building-wide programs. Extensive staff
development must be made available as a part of every teacher's and
disabled student assistant's workday. Areas of emphasis include:
emphasis on higher-order thinking skills, integrated curricula,
interdisciplinary teaching, multicultural curricula, and life-centered
curricula (Wisconsin Education Association Council, 2007. As long as
these recommendations are implemented into the educational system, the
needs of both sides should be met successfully.
Finally, in the debate regarding the education of the disabled
child, there does not appear to be a...
A review of
the literature appears to support both sides, even though a lean toward
inclusion may appear to be more reasonable. The research in this are
indicates that education for disabled students should be considered on a
case-by case basis, because there are some disabled children that may
benefit from an inclusive environment without disrupting the regular
class, and there are other situations where the daily class interruptions
cause a conflict for the non-disabled children's learning experiences.
More studies in this area are needed before any final conclusions can be
drawn.
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