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In every class room you will have different students with different needs. Although most kids in the classroom will have the same average abilities, there are some who may be retarded (below average general intelligence) or gifted (unusually high ability in one or more areas) who might need special modifications to be set. In 1975 the U.S. Congress passed Public Law 94-142 also known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Since it was passed it has been amended several times so now it grants educational rights from birth until 21 for people with cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities and guarantees them several rights. Just recently the federal government started to require students with special needs to be included in regular classrooms in neighborhood schools to the greatest extent possible. The student should also have the opportunity during inclusion to have the least restrictive environment or the most typical environment that with sufficient supplementary aids can meet their needs. In class we discussed five different learning theories which can help you reach your individual students needs, including:
Spergman’s G-he believed that there were two factors to learning 1. Individual cognitive tasks and 2. Individual intelligences. His theory is what the IQ test is based on.
Catell’s Fluid and Crystallized – believed in two distinctly different components of general education. 1. Fluid where you have the ability to change or adapt knowledge quickly 2. Crystallized where they accumulate knowledge and skills from their experiences.
Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory – believed in three factors that incorporate intelligence 1. Environmental, adapt either the behavior or environment to fit the other 2. Cognitive process, required by tasks, 3. Prior experience, ability to learn because of past experiences.
Distributed Intelligence – Thinking facilitated by physical objects or technology, concepts, and symbols of ones culture.
Gardners Multiple Intelligence – Belief in eight different abilities or intelligences. 1. Linguistic, ability to use language 2. Logical-mathematical, ability to use reason logically 3. Spatial, ability to notice details of what one sees and to imagine and manipulate visuals objects in one’s mind 4. Musical, ability to create, comprehend, and appreciate music 5. Bodily-kinesthetic ability to use one’s body skillfully 6. Interpersonal, ability to notice subtle aspects of other people’s behavior 7. Intrapersonal, awareness of one’s own feelings, motives, and desires 8. Naturalist, ability to recognize patterns in nature and differences among various life-forms and natural objects
So What
Our classrooms today will have students who could be gifted and or retarded that will need to be included in our regular classes. As a teacher it is my job not only to meet the needs of my students but to also provide the least restrictive environment for any disabled student I might have. In class we discussed five different theories we can apply in our classrooms to help us achieve the individualized lesson which IDEA requires. We are also required by the state to make accommodations in our lesson plans for the different types of learners we might have.Spergman’s G-he believed that there were two factors to learning 1. Individual cognitive tasks and 2. Individual intelligences. His theory is what the IQ test is based on.
Catell’s Fluid and Crystallized – believed in two distinctly different components of general education. 1. Fluid where you have the ability to change or adapt knowledge quickly 2. Crystallized where they accumulate knowledge and skills from their experiences.
Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory – believed in three factors that incorporate intelligence 1. Environmental, adapt either the behavior or environment to fit the other 2. Cognitive process, required by tasks, 3. Prior experience, ability to learn because of past experiences.
Distributed Intelligence – Thinking facilitated by physical objects or technology, concepts, and symbols of ones culture.
Gardners Multiple Intelligence – Belief in eight different abilities or intelligences. 1. Linguistic, ability to use language 2. Logical-mathematical, ability to use reason logically 3. Spatial, ability to notice details of what one sees and to imagine and manipulate visuals objects in one’s mind 4. Musical, ability to create, comprehend, and appreciate music 5. Bodily-kinesthetic ability to use one’s body skillfully 6. Interpersonal, ability to notice subtle aspects of other people’s behavior 7. Intrapersonal, awareness of one’s own feelings, motives, and desires 8. Naturalist, ability to recognize patterns in nature and differences among various life-forms and natural objects
So What
Now What
Whenever I get the chance to teach I try to incorporate different styles of teaching so my kids won’t get board, so I can reach a variety of learners, and so I can help my students to remember what I taught. Most often if you go into a class where the teacher instructs the students in the same way every lesson you will notice that the students tend to lose focus because they are board. By varying the styles of the way I teach I can help my students to maintain focus and therefore be more involved in my lessons. Not every student learns in exactly the same way so if a vary my day to day lesson I have a better chance at reaching all the different types of intelligences or learners. This will also help my students to be able to recall what I taught because they will have several connections to that idea or concept. As a dance teacher I make it my goal to give my students opportunities for hands on experiences which incorporate several intelligences at a time giving them more opportunities to create and experience learning.
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