Creating An Inclusive School PDF

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Dear friends, here we are going to offer Creating An Inclusive School PDF for all of you. Creating An Inclusive School is one of the most famous and amazing books. It was written by S.K. Mangal. S.K. Mangal is one of the very popular book writers.

As you know Education is the fundamental right of every child. Therefore Inclusive education’s purpose is that all those children who can’t get an education due to some reason those in the same classrooms, in the same schools Inclusive education, proved will be very helpful.

Sufficient opportunities should be provided to the child in education. Based on this, Educational opportunities for special children are also getting literate in our country. you must know that Swami Vivekananda emphasizes “If special children are unable to move towards education, the education should go towards them”.

Creating An Inclusive School PDF – Highlights

Title	Creating An Inclusive School
Authors	Mangal, S. K., Mangal, Shubhra
Publisher	PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2019
ISBN	9388028171, 9789388028172
Length	336 pages
Subjects	Education, Inclusive Education

Creating An Inclusive School Book PDF

1. Introduction

Inclusion as a philosophy or practice cannot be discussed meaningfully unless it is situated in the context of diversity across the members of the group, especially in the framework of inclusive education. Diversity in literary terms means differences.

The term diversity, when used in discourse related to people or communities or in social contexts more specifically, indicates that a group of people is made up of individuals who are different from each other in some way or the other or it means collective differences among people, that is, those differences which mark off one group of people from another.

For example, differences in culture, language, gender, appearance (e.g. skin colour, hair type) lifestyle, social and economic status, family structure, abilities, (e.g. physical, social, creative, and intellectual), values and beliefs
(Jingran, 2009). In an analysis of diversity from the perspective of uniformity, the term diversity is an antonym of uniformity.

Uniformity means a similarity of some sort that characterizes a group of people. ‘Uni’ refers to one; ‘form’ refers to the common ways. So, when there is something common to all the people in focus, we say there is uniformity in
that group of people.

When students of a school, members of the army, police or the navy wear the same type of dress, we say they are in ‘uniform’. Like diversity, thus, uniformity is also a collective concept.

When a group of people share a similar characteristic, be it language or religion or any such, it is understood to depict uniformity with reference to the characteristic in focus. But when there are groups of people hailing from different races, religions and cultures, they represent diversity, clearly denoting that diversity means variety.

1.2. Objectives

After going through this unit, the students will be able to:

1. Identify diversity in a social group as that which brings in the advocacy for equity and justice for each of the diverse persons in a group irrespective of their abilities, disabilities, social status, religion, class, caste and so on.
2. Identify disability as one of the important dimensions of diversity in a learner group
3. Discuss the phenomenon of social exclusion and inclusion
4. Draw a historical sketch of the societal response to people with disabilities: from extermination to inclusion
5. Discuss the various models of disability: From the charity model to the affirmation model
6. Understand the philosophy and practice of inclusive education for children with disabilities
7. Develop an overview of National and International policies and legislation for the education and general welfare of persons with disabilities

1.3 Understanding Diversities: Linguistic, Socio-Cultural, Economic, Gender And Disability

Let us see some of the different dimensions of diversity seen in our social groups around.

Linguistic Diversity

Like many other countries in the world, India is plurilingual. The language canvas in India is like a mosaic with an overwhelming variety of patterns of speech woven together in an organic whole. It is usually difficult to attach language labels to the varied speech patterns across locales.

There is seldom any consensus on the dilemma of delineating between languages and dialects with a reasoned-out argument for taking a stance. A countable proportion of the population is multilingual.

Socio-Cultural Diversity

Cultural diversity to a sociologist refers to the variety of human societies or cultures in the world; to the variety of the makeup or the varied cultures of a group or organization or region. It is also called multiculturalism. It includes the various social structures, belief systems, rituals, ways of living and strategies the cultures adhere to, for adapting to life situations in various parts of the world.

The phrase “cultural diversity” is also sometimes used to mean the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world. Over thousands of years, geographical, historical and religious influences have woven the colourful fabric of Indian culture, one of the oldest known to humanity.

Inclusive Classroom Strategies

• Define clear minimum standards for behaviour.
• Enforce those standards consistently.
• Deal with low-level disruption in a sensitive way.
• Create opportunities to listen to all children.
• Develop a ‘scaffolded’ approach to learning.
• Be aware of the specific needs of every child in your class.
• Provide support for them in ways which benefit ALL children in your class.
• Create a calm, purposeful learning environment.
• Clearly display timetables and key information.
• Use pre-assessment to inform your planning.
• Let children choose how to show what they have learned.
• Don’t compare the progress of one child to another; personal progress is key.

About S.K. Mangal

• S.K. Mangal did PhD in Education. He has been the Principal, Professor & Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies at C.R. College of Education in Rohtak, Haryana.
• S.K. Mangal is also known as the author of the book named Advanced Educational Psychology, 2nd Edition.
• Dr Mangal has authored several books, including Essentials of Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology (Second Edition), Educating Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, Essentials of Educational Technology, Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Win in Life, Pedagogy of Social Sciences etc. published by PHI Learning.
• Professor S.K. Mangal has been a distinguished administrator and researcher.
• He has devised various educational and psychological tests and has published extensively in reputed journals.

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