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Inclusive Teaching & LearningAn Introduction
The inclusive classroom prioritizes the student as a person, rather the student as his or her disability, test
scores, or other social/cultural
characteristics, creating an environment where
students are valued as they are and learn to value
others in the same manner.
Students’ lives are frequently shaped by their disabilities or learning differences, even after leaving high school. Their school experience related to their disabilities and differences can have long-term social/behavioral effects.
Disabilities are not flaws to be
overcome. They are part of the continuum
of social/cultural diversity.
What Student Characteristics are Considered in The
Inclusive Classroom?
Disabilities Language
Mental HealthSocioeconomic FactorsReligious Differences
Gender IdentitySexual Orientation
Other Social/Cultural Factors
Why Inclusive Teaching?
It’s not just about student achievement!
Inclusive teaching and learning prepares ALL students for the workforce.
Think About It…...The current American workforce includes:● 56,440,000 people of color● 72,713,000 women● 9,000,000 LGBTQ individuals● 5,722,000 people with disabilities*
*Compared to the 27 million who have disabilities, but that’s a math lesson.
As they graduate and enter college and the workforce, students will become employees.
They’ll be required to interact with people who are different from them.
They’ll be required to manage themselves in situations where they’re personally challenged, either by another person’s differences or their own..
An inclusive classroom provides students with the social tools they’ll need as adults to navigate their increasingly diverse world.
But, isn’t inclusive teaching just making things easier for students who won’t do the
work?
Inclusive Teaching is Not:● Lowering expectations● Eliminating an answer
choice● Making work easier● Compromising the
integrity of the course● Anyone implying that
you’re a bad teacher
Inclusive Teaching is:● Creative teaching● Problem solving● Creating opportunities to
demonstrate learning● Making instruction
accessible
But, what about fairness?It’s not fair to other students
who have to do all of the work.
Inclusive Teaching is Not Unfair. Inclusive Teaching Creates Accessibility
“If you make this place accessible to me, as a person with special needs, you've made it accessible to everybody.”
-Rick Lavoie
Inclusive Teaching =
Teaching Everyone