Title: Including All Learners With Diverse Abilities
Abstract: All children are unique, and education should represent and foster each child's singular strengths and abilities. Happily, individualized education has gained popularity in many regions around the world. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, adopted in 2008, guarantees all individuals, regardless of ability, the right to inclusive education environments. Under this mandate, children with disabilities should have physical access to education, social services, and health care, as well as accommodations that allow them to take full advantage of the opportunities that are their right. In schools, inclusive education—in which typically developing children share classrooms and educational experiences with children with disabilities or developmental issues—has been shown to improve education outcomes not only for those students with disabilities, but also for all children in the classroom. Inclusive schools build empathy and community in students, teachers, and parents. In this article, the authors explore the paradigm of emergent curriculum and its applicability and effectiveness in classrooms that include children of diverse needs and abilities.
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-02-12
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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