Thursday, March 10, 2016

Inclusion in the classroom

  My short definition of special education would be : an instruction designed to meet the unique needs of a student. I've been doing some research over Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), which is a special need. ODD is a psychiatric behavior disorder that can disrupt the learning disability of an person because it has the tendacies of making a person aggressive and purposefully bothersome to other people around them.
  Children with ODD have a hard time learning because they easily annoy and blame others for their mistakes, while they are stubborn and refuse to follow commands and request given by teachers.
This leads me into inclusion in the classroom, or "inclusive education". Inclusive education happens when children with and without disabilities participate and learn together in the same class. Which is great for students with any special need, not just for children with ODD.
  Inclusion in the classroom is a plus for special need, I feel like they need the structure and learning experience just like any other person. But inclusion also may be hard to do because they have to find an lesson plan that'll fit the needs of there special needs students which I get would be a challenge. I think it would be hard to get a student with ODD to sit through a lesson, without getting annoyed and off track. But research shows that when a child with disabilities attends classes with peers who do not have disabilities, good things happen.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

creativity

   Creativity is the use of Imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of artistic work which is also done/expressed differently in every person. Creativity is key, it's what students look foward to. Creativity matters in education because it's allowing students to express how they feel and open up in your class. You should want your students to be open in your classroom and not be afraid to speak up and out about how they feel. They should be able to do that without getting judged or laughed at. Being creative is a skill-building task, when thinking creatively it's smart to listen and consider how to tackle challenges and obstacles. It's a way to gain knowledge which provides a way to build new understanding. Students shouldn't be the only one using creativity, it should also be the teachers, so the students won't feel like they are getting taught the same way by every teacher which makes them loose their interest in creativity because they feel like they are doing the same thing in the same way, which is no good! I've never been in a sitiuation where my teacher would not let me be creative, but I am sure there's many teachers who wants their students to do it the way they have it explained or done on the board, and etc. But in my opinion I don't think that's fair, a student should be allowed to do it how ever they want, as long as they're getting their work done and doing what they're are supposed to be doing. It should not matter. Although I did/do have teachers who lets me be as creative as I want. For example there's one teacher, she gives up examples but she doesn't want ours to be nothing similar to the ideas, she wants us to be creative as possible and doing what we think is best for whatever activity we are doing, which I think the way things should be done.
  After watching Ken Robinson video on how to change education, he make me wonder is creativity really going down hill in education today? In my opinion it's getting there's, and it should be like that especially for these upcoming generations. After this video, I've learned that i have to purpose creativity to my future classroom, there's no way to teach them to be creative so I'm just going to let them reach out and grasp it on their own, I'm not going to leave my examples on the board and tell my class it needs to look exactly like mine, or it's not correct. I am going to let my future class grow on their own and learn from their mistakes using creativity.