Instructional Strategies in General Education and Putting the Individuals With Disabilities Act (IDEA) Into Practice

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities Act

Internationale Aspekte der Verankerung inklusiver Unterrichtskonzepte

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Häßler ◽  
Michael Burgert ◽  
Jörg Michael Fegert ◽  
Wencke Chodan
Keyword(s):  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities Act

Der Begriff Inklusion (= Einschluss, Dazugehörigkeit) wird geradezu synonym für die gemeinsame Beschulung von Kindern mit und ohne Behinderung des Lernens, der Sprache, des Körpers und/oder der Seele verwendet. Der vorliegende Artikel behandelt den Stand inklusiver Beschulung in Deutschland sowie internationale Entwicklungen wie die Salamanca-Erklärung der UNESCO, den «Individuals with Disabilities Act» (IDEA) der USA sowie den Stand und ausgewählte Fortschritte im europäischen Raum, insbesondere in Großbritannien, Österreich und Russland. Obwohl aus politischer Sicht die Entscheidung für die Inklusion unumkehrbar anmutet, scheint es bisher keine Einigung über den Weg und Zeitrahmen zur Umsetzung zu geben. So liegt der durchschnittliche Anteil der Schüler mit einem sonderpädagogischen Förderbedarf, die in Regelklassen an Regelschulen unterrichtet werden, bei nur 28.2 % (Grundgesamtheit: alle Schüler mit ausgewiesenem Förderbedarf in Deutschland). Hierfür werden Ursachen analysiert und diskutiert. Daneben erscheint als die vorrangige Frage die nach dem Nutzen für die Betroffenen, da die Perspektive der Betroffenen der Maßstab dafür sein sollte, ob Inklusion als gelungen angesehen wird. Diese Frage kann mit hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit nur bezogen auf einzelne Subgruppen von Behinderten valide beantwortet werden kann. Hier besteht noch erheblicher Forschungsbedarf.

scholarly journals The Potential To Learn: Pre-Service Teachers Proposed Use Of Instructional Strategies For Students With A Learning Disability

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Woodcock ◽  
Wilma Vialle
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
General Education ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
General Education Teachers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Mainstream Classrooms ◽  
Service Training

Over recent years, moves toward the inclusion of students with special needs in mainstream classrooms has brought about increasing attention to the way general education teachers perceive these students. Commensurate with this has been a growing interest in what may constitute educational success for children with special needs in mainstream classrooms, plus the ability of general education teachers to provide effective and appropriate instruction for them. It is known that teachers form beliefs about the process of teaching during their pre-service training and also that once a belief has been held for a long time, it becomes extremely difficult to change (Bandura, 1977, and Liljedahl, 2005). With learning disabilities being one of the most common disabilities in the classroom (Clark, 1997, and Clark & Artiles, 2000), it was considered that the need to further explore pre-service teachers’ perceived use of instructional strategies in relation to students who have what is termed learning disabilities, is indeed critical. This study looked at the instructional strategies Australian pre-service teachers reported they would use for students with a learning disability compared to students without a learning disability. The findings show that pre-service teachers favour more direct teacher-centred instructional strategies for students with a learning disability and more learner-centred instructional strategies for students without a learning disability. The greatest discrepancy in strategy use between the two groups of students was the higher cognitive level instructional strategies within a learner-centred environment. Pre-service teachers would use these strategies more frequently with students who do not have a learning disability. Implications for future practice and recommendations for future research are presented.

IDEA and Inclusive Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marquis C. Grant
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
General Educators ◽  
Federal Mandates ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Disabilities Education Act ◽  
General Education Classroom ◽  
The Law ◽  
Education Act ◽  
State Educational

Federal mandates, most notably the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), guarantee education rights for children classified under one of the 13 categories of disabilities, ensuring that they are educated with their peers in the general education classroom as much as possible based on their ability and needs. State educational agencies and local educational agencies are responsible for ensuring that the pedagogical needs of all children with a disability are met in accordance with the law. This chapter discusses IDEA and the concept of inclusion and how special and general educators must increase their efforts to promote and support equitable opportunities for all students.

IDEA and Inclusive Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 1217-1245
Author(s):  
Marquis C. Grant
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
General Educators ◽  
Federal Mandates ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Disabilities Education Act ◽  
General Education Classroom ◽  
The Law ◽  
Education Act ◽  
State Educational

Federal mandates, most notably the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), guarantee education rights for children classified under one of the 13 categories of disabilities, ensuring that they are educated with their peers in the general education classroom as much as possible based on their ability and needs. State educational agencies and local educational agencies are responsible for ensuring that the pedagogical needs of all children with a disability are met in accordance with the law. This chapter discusses IDEA and the concept of inclusion and how special and general educators must increase their efforts to promote and support equitable opportunities for all students.

Expanding Inclusive Educational Opportunities for Students With the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities Through Personalized Supports

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Thompson ◽  
Virginia L. Walker ◽  
Karrie A. Shogren ◽  
Michael L. Wehmeyer
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
Educational Opportunities ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Significant Cognitive Disabilities ◽  
The Past ◽  
General Education Classrooms

Abstract Progress in including students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in general education environments has been unquestionably slow during the past quarter century. Systematic approaches to identifying and arranging supports are needed to accelerate this outcome. In this article, we propose an approach to understanding students by their support needs in relation to curricular demands, instructional strategies, and participation requirements as a means to enhance the capacities of schools and general education classrooms to educate all students.

scholarly journals Inclusion Matters! Strategies For Improving Reading And Test Skills Of Special Education Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Leonard Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Standardized Test ◽  
Special Education Students ◽  
Eighth Grade ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Quasi Experimental

The purpose of this quantitative retrospective quasi-experimental study was to determine if there was a statistically significant difference between sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade classrooms filled with both general education and special education students (mild to moderate disability) receiving multiple instructional strategies and sixth, seventh, and eighth-grade classrooms filled with general education students receiving only traditional instructional strategies. Students scoring 800 or above met reading standards for the year. Results of the analysis indicated students receiving traditional instructional strategies achieved a mean score of 830. The inclusion students receiving multiple instruction interventions also showed grade-level reading proficiency on the standardized test with a mean score of 818. The researcher focused on the issue to show there are positive outcomes from implementing inclusion. Recommendations involving a reading intervention such as guided reading groups, backwards design planning, and collaborative instruction were noted. A one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) analysis tested significance and two-way ANOVA tested interaction. Both analyses were set at the.05 significance level to interpret the data. Keywords: Special education, General education, Disabilities, Inclusion, CRCT, Standardized Reading Tests.

scholarly journals English Language Learner Instruction in Middle School Mainstream Classrooms

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p1
Author(s):  
Lakisha M. Nelson ◽  
Michelle M. McCraney ◽  
Ruby Burgess ◽  
Sunddip Panesar-Aguilar ◽  
Chris Cale
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Middle School ◽  
English Language Learners ◽  
School District ◽  
General Education ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
English Language ◽  
General Education Teachers ◽  
Language Learner ◽  
Individual Instruction

In a southeastern state, Grade 7 and 8 middle school general education teachers were not implementing cultural and individual instructional strategies consistently to support the academic achievement of the growing population of English Language Learners (ELLs). The purpose and key research questions of this qualitative study were designed to (a) identify what cultural relevant instructional strategies Grades 7 and 8 middle school general education teachers implement, (b) identify what individual relevant instructional strategies, and (c) understand what perceptions teachers have regarding strategies to facilitate consistent implementation of cultural and individual instruction to support ELLs. The nine participants were middle school (i.e., Grade 7 and 8) general education teachers from a school district in a southeastern state. Data were gathered through semistructured interviews and the themes included teachers’ beliefs in their abilities to provide consistent instruction to support ELLs, use of varied individual instructional strategies to support ELLs, use of varied cultural instructional strategies to support the needs of ELLs, and their want of preparation and relevant professional development to instruct ELLs. The findings have implications for positive social change, including identifying areas where professional development and focused instruction on the cultural and individual needs of ELLs increase teachers’ knowledge, skills, consistency, and perceived ability to support ELLs in the local school district.

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