My students belong to an elementary school and all of them are non English Speakers; for this reason,they need to receive extra help from the teachers . My role is to help the teachers to teach them basic but important things; for example, reading, writing, maths, etc. The teachers use three ways to do it: Pull out, Inclusion, and a mixture of them. Pull out is referred to put the students outside the classroom to teach them; in contrast, Inclusion allowes students to stay in the classroom receiving extra help from another teacher.
Most of my students belong to the Pull out program, around five or six children per group. Their teachers do many entertaining activities in order they can feel motivated and willing to learn. In fact, they are so happy and really interested in participating. However, the teachers have to force some students to speak because they do not understand anything due to the fact that they are not paying attention to the them.
On the other hand, some students belong to the Inclusion program. One of them is a fifth grader, she was very ashamed of getting out of the classroom in order to receive help from a teacher; so, she had to be changed to the Inclusion program. Then, she felt ashamed of receiving help in front of her classmates since she wants to be in an equal level.
For this reason , I am very interesting in knowing more about the advantages and disadvantages of these two ways of teaching, which of these models is preferred by students , and what way is the most effective.
According to this website, the advantages and disadvantages of pull out and Inclusion are:
Pull out Advantages
There is a smaller student radio, more one-on-one instruction, ability to drill on particular skills, and it is what we as a profession are comfortable with.
Pull out Disadvantages
There is a removal from general education classroom, teachers do not have the opportunities to see learning in progress,and there is an artificial environment.
Inclusion Advantages
Learning is placed in a meaningful and natural manner, it facilitates communicative competence, there is a least restrictive environment, there is no distinction between general education and special education students, and students are allowed to collaborate with the teachers.
Inclusion Disadvantages
There is a larger student ratio, students need cooperation from classroom teachers, and it is not conducive to drill.
The following website helped me to find out which of these two ways are preferred by the students.
A study showed that students with and without learning disabilities who had participated in both models during two or three years said that most of them were very confident that Inclusion was meeting their academic and social needs; for this reason , they preferred this kind of program.
Now, the most important question , Which is the most effective model? To find out it , please go to the next websites.
http://www.txsha.org/Convention/pdf/Stephen,%20Lynly-Pull%20Out%20vs%20Inclusion.pdf
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Should_Special_Education_be_self_contained_pull-out_program_or_inclusive
Both models can be effective if the teachers know how to plan the classes. Besides, it depends on the child , if he do not have behavior problems; in other words, if he can be in a class with other kids without interrupting them , inclusion will be fine. On the other hand, if the child is violent , he need to be removed from the regular class. It also depends on the size of the students ; if we have a large class, it is more convenient that the children stay in a inclusion model; however, if the size is small , it would be better stay in a pull out program.
1 comment:
Carolina,
This was a great choice in topics. Your collection of links is well done. I will refer other students to these links as well.
Gina
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