“ Different Children have different needs and addressing those different needs is the best way to deal with them equitably.” (36)
I think this quote is important because teachers need to recognize their students’ differences in order to better teach to an equal level. One way we do this is with IEPs, which help to “level the playing field” for students with disabilities.
“ …that the classroom itself, where students come face to face with others who are different from themselves, is the place for real integration.” (p. 36)
I think this is something that teachers forget sometimes about their classrooms. It’s important for students to meet and get know the other children in the room because they aren’t all the same, and they need to know how to work with different people.
“ Every weekday morning when I wake-up I know I’m on my way to work with the most important people in the world.” (p. 40)
I picked this passage because I think it is a good attitude to have when you start your morning. I think sometimes it’s easy to thinks “ugh, work!” but thinking of your students this way can change the way you look at things.
Assumptions are something that teachers can not afford to make. Recognizing and acknowleging differences in the classrom is a practice that teachers need to constantly remember.
ReplyDeleteHow do we not make assumptions? I feel like it is part of our human nature to assume things by the way students/adults act, talk, walk, speak etc. What can we do to change this?
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