The Importance Of Inclusive Learning

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Inclusive Learning and Teaching.
Knowing, as a teacher, how you learners learn effectively should be on the top of your priority list due to its importance in consolidation of inclusive learning that needs to take place. To promote inclusive learning, differentiated teaching approaches, therefore, should be effectively adopted by educators by evaluating their learners to comprehend their learning styles and learning profiles (Seward, 2018). According to Gagne (1985), there are different learning styles and each style requires different types of teaching (Gravells, 2014, p. 43). The initial discussions and assessments would give teachers an insight to their learners’ prior knowledge, motivation, levels of learning and would also show their literacy …show more content…

Given that teaching and learning approaches are the methods teachers will use to facilitate the learning process, Graveells (Gravells, 2014, p. 102) believes that these approaches – which should always be fit for purpose - are considered as techniques which can focus on learners being actively engaged during the session and not just passively listening to their teacher. In other words, it is not about what you will teach but how they will learn. However, to motivate and engage learners in inclusive learning environment, learners should feel confident to disclose concerns and accepted as inclusive learning is crucial to the academic development of the learner (Seward,2018). This can be achieved by differentiating activities to address individual differences in abilities and levels, encouraging group works to improve interactions among learners, adopting means of addressing the less motivated, focusing more on learners’ strength and working on their weaknesses, acknowledgement of dedication and hard work, using a wide range of teaching, learning and assessment approaches based upon learners needs and by using resources and materials which positively promote all aspects of …show more content…

Using real world problems approach in teaching mathematics makes the subject more alive, more realistic and more accessible. Simply, this does not only make mathematics more interesting although it is not an easy subject and shows to learners that it is needed in everyday life, but connections to the real world also help students make sense of concepts and provide them with previously taught lessons. However, failing to predict potential traps using real life problems could cause contradictions with students’ previous experiences which could lead students to wrong reactions towards connections (study,2018). In the same context, formative assessment approach is essential to determine learners understanding as mathematic skills are build one upon another and taught in predetermined order. Though this can help teachers identify learners who struggle and allow additional small group or one-on-one instruction, it can be stressful to learners especially who might study just to pass the assessment requirements. A final example will be a homework approach. Learners, therefore, can carry out problems solving between sessions to practice

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