Philosophy Of Inclusive Teaching

Philosophy of Inclusive Teaching I believe that each child is their own individual person and with that, they all have different needs that need to be met. They need a caring, secure, and sustainable atmosphere that will help the students emotionally, intellectually, physically, and socially. As soon-to-be teacher, I want my students to try to reach their full potential, and work as hard as they possibly can to reach their goal. All of their goals have potential for greatness. I believe that like Locke that all children are a “blank slate” and are waiting to be written on with the chalk of knowledge (Gopnik 10). There are multiple colors of chalk that represent the different types of knowledge that is represented by the different colors.
This means that all students take the same test under the same conditions. I also think of the base word in the word in inclusion and that is include. It includes all the students instead of having some students removed from the classroom because of their disabilities. “Inclusion is an effort to make sure students with disabilities go to school along with their friends and neighbors while also receiving whatever, “specially designed instruction and support” they need to achieve high standards and succeed as learners (National Institute for Urban School
As a teacher I could work very hard and do everything I can in the classroom to help the child reach their goals, but if the parents don’t continue the work at home then it basically goes all to waste. There has to be a partnership between teacher and parents. Last semester when I was at school 50 I was in an inclusive classroom of second graders. I sat in on multiple parent teacher meetings and was asked by one set of parents where I stood with one of the little boys in my class. My teacher believed that he should be taken out of the classroom and twice a day to get help with both reading and math. The parents on the other hand wanted their son to stay in class even though he was very behind. I explained to the parents that while observing their son I came to realize that he was one of the students who wouldn’t read out loud. I then explained that one day I took him one-on-one with the book the class was reading and asked him to read it to me and he tried the first page and got two words in and then stopped and did not want to try anymore. I explained that I believed that he needs the extra help because the class was a 12-1-1 and the help he needs will be very hard to give him with only two teachers in the classroom. When talking with professionals it is good for