1. This portfolio has great importance to teachers especially in managing students
having special learning needs and varied learning styles. This will serve as a guide for
21st century teachers in handling diverse learners in the 21st century classrooms.
Through this portfolio, the teachers may help the students to develop belongingness,
care, respect and friendship to one another.
With this portfolio, the reader may be able to know and understand deeply the
concept of inclusive education, its underlying potential benefits, legal mandates,
international laws and agencies that supports its implementation, and the general
placement models that can be employed in dealing diverse learners with diverse
learning needs.
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2. Inclusive Education is the process by which schools respond to the needs of
all pupils as individuals by considering curricular organization and provisions.
Through this process, changes in the philosophy, curriculum, teaching strategy
and structural organization are needed to support every pupil regardless of
his/her race, age, sex, socio-economic status, physical and mental condition and
political affiliation.
The concept of inclusive education is beneficial especially to children with
special needs. The potential benefits of inclusive education include: a) Reduces
fear of human differences accompanied by increased comfort and awareness; b)
Growth in social cognition; c) Improvement of self-concept; d) Development of
personal principles; and e) Develops warm and caring friendship towards each
student inside the classroom.
Mainstreaming is the ideal inclusive education in the Philippines. It can
either be partial or total mainstreaming. Partial Mainstreaming is the inclusion of
children in the regular classes in the non-academic subjects such as PE, Music,
and Arts. On the other hand, Total Mainstreaming is the inclusion of children in
academic subjects like Math, Science and English.
There are three phases in the implementation of inclusive education. The
initial phase, transition phase and inclusion phase. The initial phase is the time
when the school makes preparation for the practice of inclusion. The transition
phase is the period that covers the initial meetings done by the school personnel
and other orientation activities prior to the actual implementation of the
program. And the inclusion phase is the period when children with special needs
are admitted in the regular classes.
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3. During this stage, our group made a guide on what to
learn from inclusive education. We conducted research on
inclusive education. During the research, we tried to filter the
information being presented by every site we had entered and
selected only the ideas that has of great relevance to our
topic. After gathering the data about inclusive education, we
compiled and organized these data and we transferred it into
another form.
Also, during this stage, we made approval letters to use
the sound system and Audio-Visual Room of the school and
other documents related to our topic.
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5. During this stage, we learned that it is not easy to gather
information in the net. As we had experienced, there are
really vast of information related in our topic. And if we will
not be careful in filtering it, then there would be a possibility
that we will be drowned to these vast of information. The
guide that we made is very helpful to us because this serves as
our basis on what to research on the net regarding inclusive
education.
“Two heads is better than one”. We learned that
teamwork is really important in a group in such a way that we
could provide our own ideas and perspectives in a specific
topic and collaborate with our group mates to produce new
knowledge.
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6. After 2 months of preparation, we presented a
symposium on Inclusive Education this 24th day of August,
2013 at NONESCOST Teacher Education Department’s Physics
Room which started at 8:30 until 11:30 in the morning. During
this event, we were able to invite more than 25 participants to
attend for our symposium.
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17. Dal a di
bi!!
Naano ni
say a man?
Diin ka
makadto
day!!
Natagak oh
Ako man
gani…
Kakatol
gid ah..
Ara gali
sada oh…
Nagsakit
ulo ko
ah..
Ano
daw?
Amo lang ni sa
kaatason oh..
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18. If a task is done cooperatively with patience and
determination, it would really produce a single outcome,
Success!
We learned that it is hard to put up an event yet
enjoyable especially during the last 2 days before our
symposium. Even if we fail to use the sound system and the
Audio-Visual Room due to miscommunications, we as a group
tried to fix it as best as we can.
We also learned that every individual is unique and has
his own way of learning. Every one of us is different especially
on the way we think and learn. One may learn the lesson
verbally and the other may learn kinesthetically.
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22. We learned that all of us regardless of our race, age, sex,
socio-economic status, physical and mental condition, ethnic
origin, political and religious affiliation, have the right to
education and learn together in a regular classroom.
As teachers, we should be sensitive to the needs and
problems of our students. We should not devalue those
children with special learning needs. Instead, we must support
them to the very best that we can.
Let ys always bear in our mind that these students with
special learning needs are just as smart as everyone else; that
they just need to be taught in the way they learn.
Inclusive Education is about equity not equality. It is
about building friendship, personality, love, understanding,
care and unity. In an inclusive setting, students are respected
and valued as who they are.
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23. We want to express our heartfelt gratitude to those persons who
really sacrifices their time and effort to help us to make our event
successful.
We would like to thank God for the knowledge, strength and
wisdom. His guidance leads us to choose the most desirable way to
success.
To our parents who provided us their financial supports, love,
moral values and advices.
To Mrs. Marilu Bandolon, our Mentor for Special Topic 1. We
really appreciate your utmost effort in facilitating and guiding us
Ma’am to be better educated. Thank you for molding us to be
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24. competent and knowledgeable in Special Topic 1 especially in
Inclusive Education. We are so blessed to have you as our Mentor.
And to our classmates and group mates who really have sleepless
nights just to finish this portfolio.
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