When looking through the list of scholars and topics/concepts there was one that immediately stood out to me and that was the topic of disability. While I have always been very interested in different disabilities found throughout schools I was drawn to learning disabilities in schools and the curriculum because of personal family and friends experiences. The main article I am focusing on is School Reform: Opportunities for Excellence and Equity for Individuals with Learning Disabilities by Betty J. Ward. This article focuses on the Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). This committee joins with others in calling for school reforms and development of strategies to improve education for children that have learning disabilities within schools. Focusing on the importance of students at risk for school failure or dropping out, including those with learning disabilities to be addressed when making new goals, policies, and practices. The school system needs to focus the diverse learning needs of all students and creating balance between excellence and equity.
The article goes on to talk about academic standards and student achievements, curriculum and instruction, accountability and evaluation, school and classroom organization and more. One quote that really stood out to me while reading was “The desire to include all students within regular education should not overshadow the fact that some students with learning disabilities need to learn different content in different ways.”(pg 277). Especially because we are becoming teachers I found this quote and the importance of teacher roles in creating a successful learning process for students extremely interesting. The importance of teachers, parents and student roles play a big part of support needed for students with accommodations. Without support, encouragement and care from these three groups of people a student who needs accommodations could very well struggle in school and would have a greater risk of dropping out. After every subtopic within the article there are multiple questions to think about and continue your curiosity about the topic at hand. I found this very engaging and not only did it help support the things being talked about but also created a larger interest in learning about learning disabilities in schools. My next steps when diving into this article would be to take a closer look at the issues and questions asked throughout the article. I would further explore different types of learning disabilities and possible ways to help support students and their needs. Comparing this reading to others with learning disabilities and how to support someone when using the standard curriculum. I would like to look at the effects on the classroom as a whole and the students with or without learning disabilities along with teachers in particular classrooms. School reform: Opportunities for excellence and equity for individuals with learning disabilities. A special report by the national joint committee on learning disabilities, june 30, 1991. (1992). Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(5), 276-80. Retrieved from https://login.libproxy.uregina.ca:8443/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.libproxy.uregina.ca/docview/62956723?accountid=13480
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Nicole Donison
1/21/2020 09:41:58 am
This is really exciting! Understanding disabilities in the classroom and curriculum are very important, especially because it makes everyone feel included. What made you want to choose this topic?
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Joy
1/21/2020 09:46:23 am
I agree that it is so important to remember that students are all different and some of them require learning in a different way. I think one way that we could work towards reducing the stigma of disabilities in the classroom is looking at them as different abilities rather than dis abilities. Are you interested in specializing at all in Inclusive Education?
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Ashlyn Helmeczi
1/21/2020 09:47:28 am
Thanks for sharing Jessica! I think this is a really good topic to talk about because as future educators we are going to have students with disabilities and it is important we make this students feel cared about. It is interesting because I have talked to people who are teachers now and they say "university doesn't teach you this..." and teaching kids with disabilities is one of these things they school usually does not teach us. I also really like that quote you found because we will need to use different teaching strategies to help our students achieve. Good luck with the rest of your paper!
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