This week and in our class session as a group, we discussed the 13 different types of disabilities and ways that we can help support students with those disabilities in the classroom. There are so many small things that we can do in the classroom to support these students and that also can help engage the class as a whole. For example, for a student with TBI or traumatic brain injury may have memory difficulties both short term and long term, problems following directions, taking tests, problems concentrating, and more. For this student it might be helpful to give them extra time completing a test, break down complex directions and even help them start a daily planner to keep track of their assignments and schedules so that they can stay organized and reduce any confusion.
In our readings from “Can We Talk About Race?” it discussed residential segregation. I did have some knowledge of this before, but in this reading, it opened my eyes to another factor that comes with residential segregation. With the desegregation process, African American teachers began to be dismissed and dominantly Black schools were being shut down. With the loss of African American teachers, African American students lost role models in academics and in life. Dr. Tatum states that as teachers we “need to be willing to learn deeply about the lives of their students in their full cultural, socio-economic, and sociopolitical contexts in order to affirm their identities authentically—with identity stories of hope and empowerment”.
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Study AbroadThis June I have gotten the opportunity to travel to South Africa to observe policies and practices of the education systems. I will be working with students and educators from the U.S. and South Africa on a Changemaker Project. Our hope is to bring awareness to the different types of diverse learners in the U.S., South Africa and all over. Archives
August 2018
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