The document outlines inclusive education, emphasizing the importance of welcoming all students in regular classrooms and promoting their development. It discusses the definitions, components, and benefits of inclusive education, highlighting the roles of teachers and the community in supporting this educational approach. Additionally, it addresses various barriers to inclusion, including social and economic factors.

1. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION - UNITY IN
DIVERSITY

2. CONTENTS
• WHAT IS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• DEFINITION
• COMPONENTS OF ABC
• 4 R’S - FUNDAMENTAL MODERN EDUCATION
• WHY DO WE NEED INCLUSIVE EDUCATION??!!
• CONVENTIONS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• TEACHER’S ROLE & COMMUNITY ROLE
• BENEFITS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• TYPE OF BARRIERS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• MAIN BARRIERS IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION 6/11/2021
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3. WHAT IS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION?
• Inclusive education means that all students attend and are
welcomed by their neighborhood schools in age -
appropriate, regular classes and are supported to
learn, contributed and participate in all aspects of
the life of the school
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4. DEFINITION
• “INCLUSIVE EDUCATION Is defined as a learning
environment that promotes the full personal, academic
and professional development of all learners.
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5. COMPONENTS OF ABC
The virtual bases of education are ABC;
Acceptance,
Belongingness
Community
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6. 4 R’S - FUNDAMENTAL MODERN EDUCATION
1. Reading
2. Writing
3. Arithmetic
4. Relationships
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7. WHY DO WE NEED INCLUSIVE EDUCATION??!!
• Education gives knowledge.
• Children capable of interpreting things.
• Inclusion-doesn’t mean placement of students with
disabilities.
• Teachers play important role in success.
• Inclusive and equity mission.
• This process incorporate fundamental
changes.
• STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE HIGHLY
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8. CHILDREN WHO LEARN TOGETHER, LIVE TOGETHER
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9. CONVENTIONS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• Every child is special in one or
the other way
• Continuous process, not an
achieved state or product.
• Not only school, society and
community also plays a major
role.
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10. CHARACTERISTICS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
• Recognizing and Accepting Diversity
• Education for all in all the schools
• Education is a Fundamental Right of all
the individuals
• Teaching Strategies and Curriculum are
Flexible
• Accepting Diversity
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11. TEACHER’S ROLE
• INTERACTIVE
• CONTINUOUS
• SUPPORTING
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12. COMMUNITY ROLE
• Parent teacher association
(PTA)
• Can bring changes in the
attitude of community
towards them
• Supporting financial as well as
psychological way
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13. BENEFITS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Individual Child Development and Academic Performance
Inclusive Education is based upon needs
Mutual help in Learning
Participation in Co-Curricular and Other Leisure Time Activities
Useful for Teachers, Administrators and Organization
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14. INTERNAL BARRIERS
Attitudinal barrier
Physical barrier
Inappropriate curriculum
Untrained teachers
Organization of the education system
EXTERNAL BARRIERS
School location
School enrolment
 Educational barrier
Social stigmatization
Economical condition
TYPE OF BARRIERS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
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15. MAIN BARRIERS IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
(1) Special education as good alternative
(2) No problem exists
(3) Gender discrimination
EDUCATIONAL BARRIERS
(1) Five a’s
(2) Preference for rigid, inflexible curriculum
(3) For superiors and deficient special education is beneficial
ECONOMIC BARRIERS
(1) Expanding grant – in – aid
(2) Corruption
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17. REFERENCE
“TEACHING OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE”
TNTEU – STUDY MATERIAL
RAM PUBLICATIONS
SRI KRISHNA PUBLICATIONS
KAVIYAMALA PUBLICATIONS
GOOGLE IMAGES
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