Have you ever heard of the concept of ‘inclusive education’? if you have not yet, then you must learn a little about it for it is high time the society pays heed to it.
Inclusive education is a unique educational system that includes students from all backgrounds absorbed under the umbrella of one policy for them to share the process of receiving an education with compassion and fellow-feeling for each other. It ensures that children belonging to different cultural as well as linguistic backgrounds, including children with any form of physical disability, get access to real learning opportunities without being excluded from the fabric of mainstream education. Read on to learn more about the importance of inclusive education
Importance of inclusive education
Importance of inclusive education is that it increases the acceptance of students from different backgrounds and importantly, with any disability. The purpose of an inclusive education system is that it helps to get an in-depth understanding of the needs of these students and accordingly design the educational systems and learning processes to address these needs just like the other mainstream students. It can be said that inclusive education is important as it considers the physical, cognitive, literary, social abilities and other needs of the children collectively and takes them into consideration to include them in the learning process.
Role of family in inclusive education
Family plays the role of a fulcrum for education in a child’s life from a very tender age. It can be said that the learning process of a child starts from the home itself when the family members acquaint them with the new world out there and helps to ingrain the kernels of curiosity, which in the long run would set the kids on a quest to know more and learn new things. This theory applies in the case of inclusive education as well because the family has a major role to play in determining how far the child is able to connect with the learning process.
It is the family that can provide critical information about the child’s nature and condition:
The family, especially the parents, have a complete understanding of the physical, social, emotional, and developmental requirements of their child. Apart from the teachers, who give their undivided attention to the children in the classroom for a few hours during the school, it is the family of the child which is deeply involved with the nature, daily activities, and social life of the child. That is why it is important to include the family of a child in taking crucial decisions about the different policies and implementation of inclusive education so that they can furnish the educators with all the important information about their children, which will help the educators design the learning process in a customized way that would suit the requirements of the children.
Family can be the best source to collect feedback regarding the impact of inclusive education on the child:
Inclusive education aims to teach the children how to build positive relationships and learn new things without being discriminated against on any grounds. The positive impact of this attempt by inclusive education can be observed only if the children feel a sense of self-satisfaction and optimism in their life. That is exactly where the role of the family comes in. Once the child is out of school and away from the vigilant eyes of the teachers, it is the family that will take note of the changes occurring in their behaviour and perspective. Based on these observations, the parents can provide their feedback to the educators and the teachers, which will determine whether the approaches taken by them to have inclusivity in the educational program have met its objective successfully or not.
Family can be the best advocate for the children:
Family plays an important role in educating children about the importance of inclusive education because even though children spend a considerable amount of time at school which contributes to the transition in their behaviour and perspectives, it is the parents or the family members of these children who can follow these transitions and interpret them in a positive way. That is why the family of the children needs to be involved in each of the procedures associated with inclusive education because they can convey any kind of message on behalf of the children. In case a particular child has some issues in corresponding and communicating with the teachers in the learning environment of inclusive education, the family members can try to talk to the teachers and discuss the problems that the child is facing. In this way, the family of the children participating in the inclusive education program can cooperate with the educators and teachers so that together they can discern what would be the best possible way to help the child, and in the process eliminate all the barriers to equal access to education.
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