Assessment and Culturally Relevant Inclusive Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 228-245
Author(s):  
Angi Stone-MacDonald ◽  
Japhari Robert Shehaghilo
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Special Needs Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
Culturally Relevant Practices ◽  
Theory Research

In this chapter, the authors will describe a case study that illuminates assessment, identification, and inclusive educational practices in Tanzania. The key purposes of this chapter are to briefly describe the history of special needs education and policies and assessment practices in Tanzania, to examine how one non-governmental organization project uses culturally relevant assessment and inclusive education to support assessment and education of children in Tanzania, and to offer lessons learned from this study on how assessment and teacher preparation can support inclusive practices and teacher education in Tanzania and other similar locations. This chapter incorporates assessment theory, research in the field, and an understanding of culturally relevant practices drawn from the authors' practical work in the field and Tanzania. This chapter will add to the limited scholarly literature on assessment in inclusive education in Tanzania, while also offering research to practice solutions for teachers and teacher educators in the field.

scholarly journals Case Study: Constructivist Learning Following an Interdisciplinary Studio for an NGO

10.29007/4mrh ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Cleary ◽  
Gregory Starzyk
Keyword(s):  
Work Force ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Constructivist Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Design Work ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Management Students ◽  
Research Initiatives

In the wake of a 2014 wildfire that destroyed 150 homes in Weed, CA, Great Northern Services, a non-governmental organization, reached out to Cal Poly with a constructivist-learning opportunity. In response, students were recruited into an interdisciplinary studio where teams competed to design work-force housing for a new subdivision. The winning design advanced to the detailed planning stage. A separate trio of construction management students designed their senior projects around producing shop drawings, procuring materials, organizing equipment, prefabricating the winning design’s exterior walls and shipping them to the site. This case study documents the process and the lessons learned. In the end, two indicators of experiential learning, eight indicators of discovery learning, one indicator of problem-based learning, and one indicator of spiral learning were documented. Future research initiatives could quantify the efficacy of each constructivist variant; disaggregate these learning opportunities into smaller constructs with the potential to reach more students; and contemplate means of incorporating those potentials into either traditional classes or into integrated labs.

scholarly journals A Review of The Phenomenological Heart of Teaching and Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason DeHart
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Theory Research ◽  
Rich History

This review of The Phenomenological Heart of Teaching and Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice in Higher Education focuses on the organization, strengths, and weaknesses of a newly-published qualitative research text that also serves as a guide for teachers who wish to improve their practice. The case study nature of the text is explored, as well as the contributions of the text’s authors. The book is most notable as a text that draws on the rich history of Merleau-Ponty and seeks to consider classroom instruction in higher education in light of phenomenological tenets.

Políticas Públicas de Juventude: estudo de caso do Programa Casas das Juventudes - PE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Jenifer Maria Miranda de Sousa Pinheiro ◽  
Rubén Oscar Pecchio Vergara ◽  
Mariana Bezerra Lyra ◽  
Ana Karina Araújo de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
City Government ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Youth Program ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

RESUMO: Este artigo apresenta informações sobre os desafios e aprendizagens da implementação de Políticas Públicas de Juventude (PPJs) a luz do estudo de caso do Programa Casa das Juventudes de Pernambuco. Para uma melhor compreensão, aborda: um breve histórico do marco legal das PPJs no Estado de Pernambuco, e um pequeno diagnóstico da realidade dos jovens pernambucanos. Em seguida, apresenta o Programa Casa das Juventudes, a sua proposta de intervenção no território, sua relação com o poder municipal e com a sociedade civil. E por fim, faz uma análise dos desafios e oportunidades para avançar no desenvolvimento territorial das PPJs com qualidade. Palavras-chave: juventude, políticas públicas de juventude, programa casa das juventudes. ABSTRACT: This article presents information on the challenges and lessons learned from the implementation of Public Youth Policies (PYPs) the light of the case study of the Program Youth Houses of Pernambuco. For a better understanding, it covers: a brief history of the legal framework of PYPs in the state of Pernambuco, and a small diagnosis of the reality of young Pernambuco. It then presents the Program of the Youth Houses, its proposal of intervention in the territory, its relationship with the city government and civil society. Finally, we provide an analysis of the challenges and opportunities to foster the territorial development of PYPs quality. Keywords:  youth, public policies of youth, houses of youth program.

The Millennium Development Goals, disability rights and special needs education in Ethiopia: a case study of the Oromiya region

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Grischow
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
Universal Primary Education ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Special Needs Education ◽  
Ethiopian Government ◽  
Development Goals

This chapter examines disability rights and special needs education as well as the importance of inclusive education in Ethiopia's Oromiya region in the context of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). One of the most important organisations in Oromiya is Christian Horizons-Ethiopia (CH-Ethiopia), an affiliate of Christian Horizons-Global (CH-Global). Since 2004, CH-Global has been working with the Ethiopian government on special needs education (SNE) projects. In 2010 the organisation proposed to build 50,000 primary school spaces for disabled children in Ethiopia. Embedded within the CH-Global proposal is a strong commitment to human rights. The chapter considers CH-Ethiopia's experience to date, set within the context of MDG 2 (which calls for the achievement of universal primary education by 2015), and its partnership with the Ethiopian government, along with the confluence of historical forces since the 1970s that have made that partnership possible.

Investigating inclusive practice in international schooling: a case study of two schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 147524092110592
Author(s):  
Hendra Y Agustian
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
International Schools ◽  
Equal Opportunities ◽  
Inclusive Practice ◽  
Special Education Needs ◽  
Admission Policies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Needs

Although the underlying principles and the founding history of international schools supposedly advocate the notions of providing equal opportunities, catering for diversity, and promoting global citizenship, the dimensions of inclusive education might not be self-evident. Findings from this qualitative case study show that the understanding of inclusion in the context of international schools goes beyond disabilities and special education needs. Several approaches to evolving inclusive practice are highlighted. However, there are tensions between different stakeholders of international schools in defining inclusion; between the rhetoric of inclusion found in school documents and the reality, and between the original philosophy of international education and schools’ admission policies.

scholarly journals MODELO SOCIAL NA PERSPECTIVA DA EDUCAÇÃO INCLUSIVA

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Caroline Becker ◽  
Alexandre Guilherme Anselmo
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Medical Model ◽  
Social Model ◽  
Special Needs Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Medical ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Inclusive Society

Este artigo apresenta a perspectiva do modelo social como possibilidade de transcendência do modelo médico na educação inclusiva. Tem por objetivo promover uma reflexão sobre a ideia de que uma educação inclusiva implica em pensar em uma sociedade inclusiva. Apresenta ainda diferenças sobre as perspectivas dos modelos médico e social dentro da educação inclusiva e suas implicações diante dos processos inclusivos. Para analisar a temática, como referencial teórico, realizou-se pesquisa sobre estudos na área da educação inclusiva, em especial sobre perspectivas do modelo médico e do modelo social na educação inclusiva, contextualizados dentre as legislações e histórico da educação inclusiva mundial. Como conclusão, apresenta contribuições da educação, na perspectiva do modelo social, entendendo a importância das ações escolares serem pautadas nas potencialidades dos alunos e não na deficiência. Ressalta-se ainda que o modelo social transcende o modelo médico, por compreender o sujeito de forma integral, na busca de estratégias para seu pleno desenvolvimento, com respeito às diversidades das demandas e à garantia de direitos.Palavras-chave: Educação Inclusiva. Inclusão. Modelo Médico. Modelo Social.ABSTRACTThis article presents the perspective of the social model as a possibility of transcendence of the medical model in inclusive education. Its purpose is to explore the idea that inclusive education implies thinking about an inclusive society. It also presents differences on the perspectives of medical and social models within inclusive education and their implications for inclusive processes.To analyze the theme, a research was conducted on studies in the area of inclusive educationwith a special view to the medical and social model in inclusive education, considering legislations and history of inclusive education worldwide. As a conclusion, contributions of education are presented from the perspective of the social model, mastering the importance of school actions being based on students’ potential, not on their disability.It is also noteworthy that the social model surpasses the medical model because it understands the subject as a whole and pursuits strategy for their development concerning the variety of demands and guarantee of rights.Keywords: Inclusive Education. Special Needs Education. Medical Model. Social Model.

scholarly journals Toward Increasing Equity and Inclusion in Mathematics Classrooms: Exploring the Potential of Proactive Confrontation in Teacher-Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Mary Kroeper ◽  
Mary Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Racial Bias ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Math Teachers ◽  
Culturally Relevant Practices ◽  
Support Teacher ◽  
Math Teacher

Expressions of racial bias in middle grades math classrooms pose a threat to the full inclusion and equitable treatment of students of color. To combat these biased expressions, mathematics education scholars have recommended that math teachers undergo special training to employ culturally relevant practices as part of their teacher education. According to teacher-educators, however, motivating and helping their teacher-pupils implement culturally relevant classroom strategies has proven somewhat challenging. This is in part due to reluctance among teachers to adopt culturally relevant practices in their own teaching and a lack of fidelity when attempting to enact culturally relevant strategies. To overcome the challenges of reluctance and fidelity and to support teacher-educators as they train their teacher-pupils to adopt culturally relevant strategies in math classrooms, we propose that teacher-educators employ a proactive confrontation approach. We view proactive confrontation as a practical and useful tool for math teacher-educators to challenge racial bias expression and to create more equitable and inclusive math learning environments that inspire and motivate learning and performance among all students. By using proactive confrontations, teacher-educators can raise their teacher-pupils’ self-awareness that engaging in biased expression is common (but not inevitable) in math classrooms and raise their concern that bias expression is harmful to students of color and, therefore, deserves proactive attention and action. Lastly, teacher- educators can provide examples of culturally relevant classroom activities to their teacher-pupils and help them to develop and implement such practices on their own. In the present synthesis, we provide examples of how the proactive confrontation approach can be integrated with math teacher-education programs and discuss some of the persisting challenges facing math teacher-educators who choose to proactively confront racial bias.

Press Propaganda and Subaltern Agents of Pan-Islamic Networks in the Muslim Mediterranean World prior to World War I

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odile Moreau
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
World War I ◽  
North Africa ◽  
World War ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Resistance Movements ◽  
The Press ◽  
Mediterranean World ◽  
History Of

This chapter explores movement and circulation across the Mediterranean and seeks to contribute to a history of proto-nationalism in the Maghrib and the Middle East at a particular moment prior to World War I. The discussion is particularly concerned with the interface of two Mediterranean spaces: the Middle East (Egypt, Ottoman Empire) and North Africa (Morocco), where the latter is viewed as a case study where resistance movements sought external allies as a way of compensating for their internal weakness. Applying methods developed by Subaltern Studies, and linking macro-historical approaches, namely of a translocal movement in the Muslim Mediterranean, it explores how the Egypt-based society, al-Ittihad al-Maghribi, through its agent, Aref Taher, used the press as an instrument for political propaganda, promoting its Pan-Islamic programme and its goal of uniting North Africa.

Turning Aliens into Socialists

2010 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-93
Author(s):  
Jessica Moberg
Keyword(s):  
Outer Space ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Swedish History ◽  
Second World ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Highly Evolved

Immediately after the Second World War Sweden was struck by a wave of sightings of strange flying objects. In some cases these mass sightings resulted in panic, particularly after authorities failed to identify them. Decades later, these phenomena were interpreted by two members of the Swedish UFO movement, Erland Sandqvist and Gösta Rehn, as alien spaceships, or UFOs. Rehn argued that ‘[t]here is nothing so dramatic in the Swedish history of UFOs as this invasion of alien fly-things’ (Rehn 1969: 50). In this article the interpretation of such sightings proposed by these authors, namely that we are visited by extraterrestrials from outer space, is approached from the perspective of myth theory. According to this mythical theme, not only are we are not alone in the universe, but also the history of humankind has been shaped by encounters with more highly-evolved alien beings. In their modern day form, these kinds of ideas about aliens and UFOs originated in the United States. The reasoning of Sandqvist and Rehn exemplifies the localization process that took place as members of the Swedish UFO movement began to produce their own narratives about aliens and UFOs. The question I will address is: in what ways do these stories change in new contexts? Texts produced by the Swedish UFO movement are analyzed as a case study of this process.

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