The teacher had a subtle behaviour policy for her class, which I interpreted as: “if you are not going to behave like all the other children, then you should leave my class”. Yet again, I had to consider the responsibility of the teacher to the other children in the class and how inclusively they are being considered as well. According to Kunc, (1992, pp. 38-39)”The fundamental principle of inclusive education is the valuing of diversity within the human community…. When inclusive education is fully embraced, we abandon the idea that children have to become “normal” in order to contribute to the world…. We begin to look beyond typical ways of becoming valued members of the community, and in doing so, begin to realize the achievable goal of providing all children with an authentic sense of
The teacher had a subtle behaviour policy for her class, which I interpreted as: “if you are not going to behave like all the other children, then you should leave my class”. Yet again, I had to consider the responsibility of the teacher to the other children in the class and how inclusively they are being considered as well. According to Kunc, (1992, pp. 38-39)”The fundamental principle of inclusive education is the valuing of diversity within the human community…. When inclusive education is fully embraced, we abandon the idea that children have to become “normal” in order to contribute to the world…. We begin to look beyond typical ways of becoming valued members of the community, and in doing so, begin to realize the achievable goal of providing all children with an authentic sense of