This is the second last week of reflections for this course! This week we talked about inclusion. We started off class by watching a Shelley Moore video on youtube on her channel Five Moore Minutes. Shelley is also an expert on special education in British Columbia. We spoke today of making all students feel welcome in our classroom and the importance of a comfortable classroom community. We talked about the Social Model of learning which highlights that

  1. Learners don’t need to be fixed
  2. Environments can be planned
  3. Barriers can be addressed
  4. Full meaningful inclusion is not one off, but consistent for every learner in the class