Making Inclusion Work in General Education Classrooms

Terms of Inclusive Education in Primary Schools – National and School Curriculum

“…In spite of the fact that current attention is paid to research into them (e.g. Obiakor et al, 2012;Svee, 2012), there is no clear consensus about them. Conditions in terms of organization of education are those when pupils with special needs meet the largest part of the curriculum in a class of the main educational stream together with their schoolmates without special educational needs (Kyriazopoulou & Weber, 2009, p 9).…”

Inclusion of students with learning difficulties in a mainstream primary school. (c2017)

“…There are many learning theories in psychology that emerged explaining why people behave the way they do, and they are centered on the environmental power of the learning method. According to Obiakor et al (2012) the ground for inclusion is social justice since it maintains care, respect, recognition and empathy and is a major component of the belief system of educators, where students are provided with equal opportunities to achieve socially and academically. Stavroula, Leonidas, and Koutselini (2011) where he defines self-efficacy as the individual's belief that he or she will be able to accomplish a specific task.…”

“…It is the effort of the teacher to respond to the differences among learners in the classroom without letting them feel stigmatized. There is plenty of evidence (Obiakor et al 2012;Tomlinson, Brighton, Hertberg, Callahan, Moon, Brimijoin, Conover and Reynolds 2003) that students are more successful in school if they are taught in ways that are close to their readiness levels, interests and learning profiles.…”

“…The aim of inclusion is for all students to learn and work together in a peer supportive community without ignoring the individual differences of each student (Obiakor et al, 2012). This was obvious in the results showing every student at ABSS was included in the age appropriate classroom with the same services of their colleagues and was…”

“…Also, according to Lewis and Doorlag (2011) inclusion is when students with learning disabilities participate in mainstream classrooms, each according to their own abilities. According to Obiakor, Harris, Mutua, Rotatori, and Algozzine (2012), the aim of inclusion is for all students to learn and work together in a peer supportive community without ignoring the individual differences of each student. By learning from and respecting those individual differences, inclusion establishes supportive, nurturing and collaborative environments, according to Salend (2001).…”