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All About Inclusive Education

The document discusses inclusive education and special education, noting that special education provides individualized instruction for students with disabilities or learning difficulties, while inclusive education educates students with disabilities alongside their peers in the same classroom by providing flexible curricula designed for diverse learners.

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All About Inclusive Education

The document discusses inclusive education and special education, noting that special education provides individualized instruction for students with disabilities or learning difficulties, while inclusive education educates students with disabilities alongside their peers in the same classroom by providing flexible curricula designed for diverse learners.

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ALL ABOUT INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

Special education is the practice of providing individualised instruction and support to


students with disabilities or learning difficulties. It is designed to be need-based and
individualised, which means that every student in special education will have a different plan
depending on their needs, abilities and goals. This field has historically been associated with
special/segregated schools or homeschooling, which were the options for students with
disabilities before integration became a practice. For the past few decades, schools in India
have integrated students with disabilities (typically mild to moderate) in mainstream schools,
due to which special ed has become an essential requirement within those schools. The
purpose of special ed is to provide support, to students with disabilities and to teachers. Its
purpose is not necessarily to teach class content, but to build the academic and developmental
skills required to be successful and independent learners. In a typical mainstream school,
students with disabilities who may not be performing at the grade level, and may exhibit a gap in
their skills, will benefit from special ed classes. For example, Coco who is in the 4th grade is still
reading at a 2nd grade level. She receives special education support to build upon her reading
skills, while she continues to learn the same content and participate in the mainstream
classroom alongside her typically developing peers.

Inclusive education, on the other hand, is the practice of educating students with
disabilities alongside their peers without disabilities, in the same classroom. It is meant for ALL
learners. Inclusive ed is based on the premise that all students develop and learn differently,
and therefore one fixed way of teaching and learning cannot ensure successful outcomes for all.
Inclusive ed is not just limited to including students with disabilities, but is responsible for
ensuring that their needs are met in the mainstream classroom as well. Implementing inclusive
education requires flexible curricula that have been designed keeping in mind diverse learners.
This is to ensure that multiple pathways are provided to students to reach the same goal, as
opposed to the traditional ‘one size fits all’ methodology.

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