Inclusion
This learning goal aspires to create a classroom culture where all students are embraced and celebrated for their differences. Through inclusion, a teacher can encourage students by making learning relevant to the student's life (Block, 2015).
Teaching strategies that facilitate engaging place include:
The Conceptual Change Model (CCM) facilitates inclusion because at its core, it prioritizes understanding how individual students interpret the world. It provides a unique opportunity to promote dialogue about perspective, belief, and understanding across a group of learners - including the teacher!
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Inclusion is a main emphasis of Culturally Relevant Pedagody (CRP). With CRP, all perspectives and beliefs forged from culture are valued within curriculum and the educational community (Gorski,1999). Students' full potential socially and academically can be achieved when the teacher provides equal oppertunity (Gorski,1999).
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Design thinking inherently revolves around collaborative work. Therefore, elements of cooperative learning can bolster the efficacy of group work. Stahl (1994) advocates that heterogeneous groups, equal opportunity for success, positive interdependence and positive social interactions are essential for cooperative learning. Thus, diversity of student voice and opinion is valuable in this pedagogical approach. Also, design thinking as a teaching strategy requires students to use the skills and abilities they already have; everyone must contribute in their own unique way.
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References
Block, J. (2015, January 12). Educate to Liberate: Build an Anti-Racist Classroom. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/build-an-anti-racist-classroom-joshua-block
Gorski, P. (1999). A Brief History of Multicultural Edu- cation. Retrieved from http://www.edchange.org/multicul- tural/papers/edchange_history.html
Stahl, R.J. (1994). The Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. ERIC Digest, ED370881, 1-8.
Gorski, P. (1999). A Brief History of Multicultural Edu- cation. Retrieved from http://www.edchange.org/multicul- tural/papers/edchange_history.html
Stahl, R.J. (1994). The Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning in the Classroom. ERIC Digest, ED370881, 1-8.