Quotes
1. '...outlined, society itself is hurt when schools act as cultural sorting machines-locations that 'justify a competitive ethic that marginalizes certain students or groups of students ... [that] legitimize discrimination and devaluation on the basis of the dominant society's preferences in matters of ability, gender, ethnicity, and race ... and [that]endorse an elaborate process of sorting by perceived ability and behavior'.
Separating students in schools can have an affect on the students. All students go to school to get an education and these factors shouldn't disturb the kind of education they are getting. They are all students that are there to learn. Students should not feel like they at a competitive place when they are at school because they are all there for the same reason. In my schooling experience there were always those few students who wanted to be better than the other but it isn't about that. If you as an individual are learning and making progress throughout your schooling career then that is what matters.
2. "Dewey (1899) believed schools must serve as the sites in which children develop both a sense of commitment to one another and a sense of self-direction leading to "the deepest and the best guarantee of a larger society which is worthy, lovely, and harmonious".
Schools should be a safe place for students and everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. This is where students form connections with one another and every student should feel like they have the opportunity to do that. No student should ever feel left out or not included.
3. 'It's not like they come here to be labeled, or to believe the label. We're all here-kids, teachers, parents, whoever-it's about all of us working together, playing together, being together, and that's
what learning is. Don't tell me any of these kids are being set up to fail'.
Students shouldn't be going to school to get assigned to different groups but instead to achieve an equal education. Schools already produce inequality so it is important for teachers to balance it out. I agree that learning involves everyone in order for it to be effective.
https://www.noodle.com/articles/the-inclusive-classroom-education-for-children-of-all-needs
Loved the comic! That is really great way of putting it. In your third quote you make a great point that students come to school to get an equal education. This cannot happen if students are separated by ability. I think it also does a disservice to students to not be exposed to people of other abilities because it does not teach empathy and understanding. We all have a lot to learn from each other and who is to say that a person with Downs Syndrome cannot offer something to a person without.
ReplyDeleteI really liked all of the quotes you chose from the article and your analysis of them. I completely agree with everything you wrote. I also really like the comic you chose because it does represent the article very well, and it is true that clearing a path for one person could clear it for everyone. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you, Rachel. That picture made me sad because it's true that schools worry more about accommodating all of the regular ed kids instead of the special ed students. And when they do, its almost like the author said, they do it unwillingly. So they don't effectively show support for and acceptance of the special ed students.
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