Democratic Classrooms And Accessible Instruction By Celia O Tyler

While observing in Iselin Middle School, I joined Mr. T in his eighth grade music class. Mr. T has a small amount of students in his general music class. The class I observed had six students in it. These students had a varying amount of experience with general music and how to play the instruments in the classroom. I did not notice until Mr. T had told me that one of his students was a special needs student. He challenged her just like he challenged the rest of the students and even let her get the lead part on one of the keyboard songs that they were rehearsing in class. Mr.T continued to push all of his students, but pushed this one particular student even more because she was interested in learning how to play the keyboard. In some schools, they do not let special education students into “normal” classrooms. “Democratic Classrooms and Accessible Instruction” by Celia Oyler is a …show more content…
By including all different types of students, students are able to branch of each other’s ideas and hear a range of ideas thought by students with different skills. It is important for special needs students to feel like they have a sense of belonging and that they can contribute to the classroom discussions. Students of all levels can learn off of each other by contributing to the class and offering their opinions on topics and can even help one another learn. The special needs student in Mr.T’s class had a sense of belonging and benefited the rest of the class by her knowledge of the keyboard. More and more schools should include special needs students into typical classrooms because it helps them think more critically and it helps the other students in the class learn from the unique ideas that are shared. Each and every person has unique thoughts, if these thoughts were to be contributed to the class, it could make a difference in how students understand or feel about a certain