Vanessa, Kevin, Tyler, and Lauryn.
Film
1. Aron going to the regular class, instead of the special needs classes, so he wouldn't imitate the special needs students.
2. How the special needs students were excluded from the rest of the school, by getting placed in different buildings. They feel like they cant do that kind of work and are less valued.
3. When Richard was placed into a class regular classroom, his mother noticed a difference in his learning, rather than in a special needs classroom.
Article
1. Including disability student into mainstream classroom, they benefit socially, and acedemically.
2.By keeping them seperated they feel disgusted and looked down apon, but if you have them together as one, that wouldnt happen. One would see them as individuals.
3. Relationships would evolve in classrooms when they are put together. They would learn to value each other as individuals and their opinions.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Talking Points #9
Citizenship in School: Reconceptualizing Down Syndrome By: Christopher Kliewer
This reading was very interesting, and about equality in the schools. Teaching students with down syndrome, teachers seem to seperate children, so it hinders one education because of the segregation. If students with down syndrome usually get seperated out, and its not good for them, because they may see themselves as stupid, and different from a actual human being. All people should be valued as a person, and treated equally in the community. They should be able to communicate and have acceptance with one anothers differences. The arguement is kind of unclear, but i believe he's trying to say everyone has individual needs, and one should respect them as people, and help them with relationships that would help and educate them, in everyday life.
1.)"Shayne recognized a child's nonconformity as natural human diversiry; a source of strenght that could be supported by the school community in order that it adds a unique and valuable dimension to that community."
I believe that children with down syndrome, should not be catorgorized, because they're all human beings too. They are just naturally diverse, and they should be supported by the community and valued for being different. It is important for kids with down syndrome to develope relationships with people, not only in schools, but in the community as well.
2.)"No child was inherently an intellectual burden to a classroom, in fact, she argued each student contributed a unique and potentially valuable dimension to the web of relationships that formed a school community."
I feel this quote was a good one and it really expressed the argument. Students should be able to learn when they go to school, reguardless of any disabilities they may have. No children should be considered a burden, because they arent the same as the other students in the classroom. The teacher should recognized each child as an individual, that has different individual needs in order of a proper education.
3.)" The metaphor of 'spread' illustrates the image of defect blanketing the unique humaness of students charged with the differences that matter. What is hidden under a cloak of incompetence is the individuality and personality of the human being. Teachers who valued their children as citizens recognized each student's individuality."
Teachers need to look past students with disabilities and notice that they're all citizens. They are to have the same education as anyone else.
I liked this reading, i read pretty much the whole thing. I found it very repetitive, but i do believe that they shouldnt be segregated based on their disabilities. I dont know where this falls, but my mom is a teacher, and she has a student in her school, where he would always disbehave, use profanity toward the teachers and other peers. There came to a point where he would hit others and hurt them and has to be restrained. In a situation like this, i dont believe he should be placed into a classroom with regualr students, because he would be a problem to the others in trying to get their education. if he would be hurting others by throwing fits, where he hits and kicks his peers and the teacher, i dont believe he should be in a classroom like that, because he isnt learning properly and neither are the other children. Its been a continuous problem, and his mother always protects him and never trys to see the schools p.o.v, even when hes yelling and swearing, and hitting. Its not the right behavior one should be acting in a school environment. If it would be interferring with others, i believe in a situation like this, they should be put in inclusive classrooms, to better provide their educational needs and the educational needs of the other students. Im not sure if he had down syndrome specifically, but it was a problem that needed to be addressed in my moms school.
This reading was very interesting, and about equality in the schools. Teaching students with down syndrome, teachers seem to seperate children, so it hinders one education because of the segregation. If students with down syndrome usually get seperated out, and its not good for them, because they may see themselves as stupid, and different from a actual human being. All people should be valued as a person, and treated equally in the community. They should be able to communicate and have acceptance with one anothers differences. The arguement is kind of unclear, but i believe he's trying to say everyone has individual needs, and one should respect them as people, and help them with relationships that would help and educate them, in everyday life.
1.)"Shayne recognized a child's nonconformity as natural human diversiry; a source of strenght that could be supported by the school community in order that it adds a unique and valuable dimension to that community."
I believe that children with down syndrome, should not be catorgorized, because they're all human beings too. They are just naturally diverse, and they should be supported by the community and valued for being different. It is important for kids with down syndrome to develope relationships with people, not only in schools, but in the community as well.
2.)"No child was inherently an intellectual burden to a classroom, in fact, she argued each student contributed a unique and potentially valuable dimension to the web of relationships that formed a school community."
I feel this quote was a good one and it really expressed the argument. Students should be able to learn when they go to school, reguardless of any disabilities they may have. No children should be considered a burden, because they arent the same as the other students in the classroom. The teacher should recognized each child as an individual, that has different individual needs in order of a proper education.
3.)" The metaphor of 'spread' illustrates the image of defect blanketing the unique humaness of students charged with the differences that matter. What is hidden under a cloak of incompetence is the individuality and personality of the human being. Teachers who valued their children as citizens recognized each student's individuality."
Teachers need to look past students with disabilities and notice that they're all citizens. They are to have the same education as anyone else.
I liked this reading, i read pretty much the whole thing. I found it very repetitive, but i do believe that they shouldnt be segregated based on their disabilities. I dont know where this falls, but my mom is a teacher, and she has a student in her school, where he would always disbehave, use profanity toward the teachers and other peers. There came to a point where he would hit others and hurt them and has to be restrained. In a situation like this, i dont believe he should be placed into a classroom with regualr students, because he would be a problem to the others in trying to get their education. if he would be hurting others by throwing fits, where he hits and kicks his peers and the teacher, i dont believe he should be in a classroom like that, because he isnt learning properly and neither are the other children. Its been a continuous problem, and his mother always protects him and never trys to see the schools p.o.v, even when hes yelling and swearing, and hitting. Its not the right behavior one should be acting in a school environment. If it would be interferring with others, i believe in a situation like this, they should be put in inclusive classrooms, to better provide their educational needs and the educational needs of the other students. Im not sure if he had down syndrome specifically, but it was a problem that needed to be addressed in my moms school.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Talking Points #8
Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work By Jean Anyon
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Why schools need to talk another route By Jeannie Oakes
In these readings, the author talks about how schools with different classes and certain races produce the hidden curriculum. Anyon did an observation between five schools whom were from poor communities, and wealthy communities. She has certain names for the schools such as: the working class school, the middle class school, the affluent professional school, and the executive elite school.
In the working class, many of the fathers had unskilled and semiskilled jobs, and Anyon also noticed that the majority is on 85 percent white. These schools family incomes are at the federal poverty level. While she observed the teacher, she noticed that the employed teachers don’t really have a passion for their jobs. They didn’t really teach lessons, they just did their own dittos and when a student still didn’t get it, she just told them they need to keep practicing, and didn’t provide them any help. In almost every lesson the students have to copy what the teacher is writing.
1.) “At this point a girl said she had a faster was to do it and the teacher said, No, you don’t; you don’t even know what I’m making yet. Do it this way or it’s wrong.” I was very surprised at how negative the teachers were toward the students. In this quote, a teacher was writing a grid, and without telling the students what she was making, they were to copy her. When a girl student caught on to what she was doing, she thought of an easier way to do it and the teacher just put her down and practically told her she was doing it wrong. I don’t think that this is an appropriate way to teach. Always getting dittos and not a proper lesson, no wonder why students in the lower class don’t have any ambition to do anything with their lives.
2.) “ The four fifth grade teachers observed in the working class schools attempted to control classroom time and space by making decisions without consulting the children and without explaining the basis for their decisions.” I thought of this quote as interesting. If the children don’t know why the teachers do the stuff they do, how can they learn properly? The codes of power certainly aren’t being taught just by this. The teachers often ignore the school bells, they made every effort to control the children and their actions, all the materials was theirs, and they had no clocks in the room for the students to know what time it was. This school, being a lower/working class, the teachers didn’t really care about every child learning and becoming successful in society because that’s what they came from. I get the feeling that the richer get richer and the poor get poorer.
3.) “There is little excitement in schoolwork for the children, and the assignments are perceived as having little to do with their interests and feelings. As one child said, what you do is ‘store facts up in your head like cold storage-until you need it later for a test or your job’ Thus doing well is important because there are thought to be other likely rewards: a good job or college.” I think the higher class schools get the picture. With this quote, it told me that the students have ambition, and the teachers are doing a good job in educating them. The students know why they are in school and why they have to learn. The teachers honor the bells and the students work on getting the right answers as well as explaining how they got them. They teach from textbooks and use the materials provided to them.
The higher class school seem to be providing a better education for the students, than the lower class schools. The teachers have more of a passion for learning than the teachers in the lower class schools. This is the hidden curriculum, depending on the social classes of the schools Anyon observed. In the higher classes, they were very professional… they made sure the student were getting the proper education because that’s where their family came from since the elite school family income would be 100,000 to 500,000 dollars. I believe every school should be treated like an elite school. It teaches the codes of power properly and they have a higher learning rate and are well behaved. I want to teach my students one day like this, and not like those teachers who don’t really care if the kids are learning or not.
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Why schools need to talk another route By Jeannie Oakes
In these readings, the author talks about how schools with different classes and certain races produce the hidden curriculum. Anyon did an observation between five schools whom were from poor communities, and wealthy communities. She has certain names for the schools such as: the working class school, the middle class school, the affluent professional school, and the executive elite school.
In the working class, many of the fathers had unskilled and semiskilled jobs, and Anyon also noticed that the majority is on 85 percent white. These schools family incomes are at the federal poverty level. While she observed the teacher, she noticed that the employed teachers don’t really have a passion for their jobs. They didn’t really teach lessons, they just did their own dittos and when a student still didn’t get it, she just told them they need to keep practicing, and didn’t provide them any help. In almost every lesson the students have to copy what the teacher is writing.
1.) “At this point a girl said she had a faster was to do it and the teacher said, No, you don’t; you don’t even know what I’m making yet. Do it this way or it’s wrong.” I was very surprised at how negative the teachers were toward the students. In this quote, a teacher was writing a grid, and without telling the students what she was making, they were to copy her. When a girl student caught on to what she was doing, she thought of an easier way to do it and the teacher just put her down and practically told her she was doing it wrong. I don’t think that this is an appropriate way to teach. Always getting dittos and not a proper lesson, no wonder why students in the lower class don’t have any ambition to do anything with their lives.
2.) “ The four fifth grade teachers observed in the working class schools attempted to control classroom time and space by making decisions without consulting the children and without explaining the basis for their decisions.” I thought of this quote as interesting. If the children don’t know why the teachers do the stuff they do, how can they learn properly? The codes of power certainly aren’t being taught just by this. The teachers often ignore the school bells, they made every effort to control the children and their actions, all the materials was theirs, and they had no clocks in the room for the students to know what time it was. This school, being a lower/working class, the teachers didn’t really care about every child learning and becoming successful in society because that’s what they came from. I get the feeling that the richer get richer and the poor get poorer.
3.) “There is little excitement in schoolwork for the children, and the assignments are perceived as having little to do with their interests and feelings. As one child said, what you do is ‘store facts up in your head like cold storage-until you need it later for a test or your job’ Thus doing well is important because there are thought to be other likely rewards: a good job or college.” I think the higher class schools get the picture. With this quote, it told me that the students have ambition, and the teachers are doing a good job in educating them. The students know why they are in school and why they have to learn. The teachers honor the bells and the students work on getting the right answers as well as explaining how they got them. They teach from textbooks and use the materials provided to them.
The higher class school seem to be providing a better education for the students, than the lower class schools. The teachers have more of a passion for learning than the teachers in the lower class schools. This is the hidden curriculum, depending on the social classes of the schools Anyon observed. In the higher classes, they were very professional… they made sure the student were getting the proper education because that’s where their family came from since the elite school family income would be 100,000 to 500,000 dollars. I believe every school should be treated like an elite school. It teaches the codes of power properly and they have a higher learning rate and are well behaved. I want to teach my students one day like this, and not like those teachers who don’t really care if the kids are learning or not.
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