"Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners"
Creative, Talented and specially abled children come in the category of Exceptionals. These individuals have unique traits and characteristics generally determined by the environmental factors which make them fundamentally different from the normals. These people are supposed to learn, perceive and adjust in ways which are unique to them.
The term exceptional children include children who experience difficulties in learning behavioural, emotional and social problems. Children with physical disabilities or sensory impairments and children who are intelliklectually gifted or have a special talent so that special education is necessary to help them to fulfil their potential.
Characteristics of exceptional children
1. Exceptional children are those for whom uniform educational programmes do not suit them hence they need special instructional programmes for ancillary services or both.
2. Exceptionality is manifested by performance i.e. superior and inferior to that of the average children
3. They deviate from the average people in both directions plus and minus of mean physically. Psychologically or socially these deviations are significant to such an extent that their adjustment with the normals in some situations becomes difficult.
4. They come across learning difficulties in normal setting due to the defects and sometimes due to their superior qualities. These difficulties can be removed only by provide special
The people who lives in that society who are born “above-average” are physically handicapped, people who are smarter than the “average” one must wear a radio in his or her ear to prevent one from having an unfair mental advantage, and lastly, an exceptionally beautiful one has to wear a horrible mask, so they are no better
It is important not to stereotype a child with a disability, as this can lead to low self-esteem, for example a child with specific learning needs might be expected to do poorly in all subjects at school not just the ones affected by the learning need and this is not always the case. Since I have worked in our setting I have been introduced to quite a few children which have different types of disabilities. We aim to make sure that each individual is treated the same and included in all activities by adapting the activity to the child's individual
The collectivist society Equality 7-2521 lives in makes it so that everyone is equal in everything including learning. He is much more ahead than his classmates in intelligence during his time at the Home of Students. Undoubtedly, his teachers notice how gifted he is and grow enraged because of it. He is “lashed more often than all the other children” (Rand 22) by his teachers because of how different he is. The teachers want to keep the current collectivist society from changing.
If someone is deemed above average, they are brought to a similar fate as George Bergeron; “George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times.” (Vonnegut 1). They are brought unwillingly down to a similar level of potential in life as everyone else. People are not meant to succeed beyond others, they are simply forced to be able to perform a job in a somewhat robotic fashion of exactly the same as everyone else.
What is different between "normal" and "abnormal”? as those words apply to the physically and emotional states and behaviors of human beings. Some people might do some terrible thing, such as murdering, sleeping next to the corpse, and other action that normal people are not generally doing in society. These people seem to like to be abnormal, this is due to the ability that most humans have distinguished right from wrong. many times, these “abnormal" people repeat their actions, not only because they might enjoy their actions, but also mental problem block them understanding how horrible and extreme their actions really are.
The assertion implies that individuals could achieve success only with their intrinsic factors. However, the insistence in overall content of Outliers proves that the extrinsic factors (an opportunity
The IQ scores of 40-60 are considered significantly subaverage, which means that the IQ test performance of Ed Murphy was under the expectations. People with this level of IQ are expected to be very limited, including intellectual skills and adaptive behavior. In other words, they are not expected to communicate well, to understand what people around them explain, to solve problems, or to socially interact appropriatelly. However, reading the report of Ed Murphy, one can see that he is much more than the label.
Secondly, intelligence is dynamic innovation. The third is distinct.” A child’s intelligence will not be diverse, distinct, and diverse if creativity is not focused within public school education
This research seeks to understand the misconceptions that involve the identification of gifted learners and the social impact that they have on the education
Children with special needs are referred to as exceptional children, in the United States education, care, and treatments are accomplished through interaction and collaboration between public health and education field. A well known exceptional person, Hellen Keller beat the odds and became an author and activist for people with disabilities. Summary In ‘Teaching Exceptional Children: Foundations and Best Practices in Inclusive Early Childhood Education Classrooms’, the author focuses on inclusion. The inclusion movement is apart of the social model of disability, which is the way society views and defines disability.
The family is well educated which provides better education to the children (Guryan, Hurst & Kearney, 2008). Both parents style of parenting is very authoritative as both parents, especially Mrs. Yau displays a high degree of nurturance In the family, both parents are noted to be in high SES as they both are well respected doctors and have a respectable background in the family history. Studies showed that high SES families can afford their children services, toys and goods, family outings and social connections which could benefit to the child, whereas low SES families could have lack of access to similar resources (Bradley and Crowyn, 2002). A study by DeGarmo and colleagues (1999) also found that income, education and occupation were associated with better parenting, which positively affected school achievement with skill-building activities and behavior in school. This can explain how Alexander has good behavior in class.
Having the right knowledge, skills and experience in understanding how children or young people develop are very important tools for early years practitioners. We must put to mind that each child born to this world is unique; they are born with different characters and their personalities and behaviours are formed and influenced by variety of factors. These factors may affect their ways of interacting to the environment and community or setting in which they live in. In my experience as a child care practitioner most of the time, adults mainly focus on the physical development of a child and so quick to base their conclusion or judgement on the physical aspect.
I spent my fifteen hours observing two special education classrooms at Sulphur Intermediate School. One focused on math and the other on reading, though many of the children I observed worked in both classrooms. The students were in the third, fourth, and fifth grades. Most of the students had mild to moderate disabilities and simply needed extra help in reading, math, or both subjects. They did not stay for the entire day, but rather came for certain periods.
Conclusion After spending some time in both the general and special educational classrooms, I found there were similarities and differences between the two for example special needs students received more personalised care than their counterparts in both classrooms. A difference was that the special educational classroom was perhaps more effective at the students developing to their full potential whereas the general classroom would teach them better social and communication skills. In short, they are both great environments for the students to be in despite the differences.
Have you ever think about the similarities and differences between Regular Education and Special Education? Regular education is the term often used to describe the educational experience of typically developing children. By the other hand, Special Education programs are designed for those students who are mentally, physically, socially or emotionally delayed, which places them behind their peers. As you can see, these two provide an example of different types of education. We can find differences such as their educators, academic content and methods of teaching, but we can also find similarities in their academic content.