-Prelim
This quiz is a conversation opener. The answer to each question piques my interest in understanding more about special and inclusive education. It arouses my curiosity in the subject, which sparks my eagerness to understand more. With this activity, I learned about the diversity and the importance of ensuring equal opportunities for every individual and the importance of understanding diversity, together with the Loden's Diversity Wheel and its influences on a student. Thus, I come up to a realization that a student is an individual and could not be treated as one in a crowd and how my own understanding might affect the students that I might teach as a future educator and how my own understanding of myself does not equate to the experiences that other people have. By broadening my understanding and letting go of biases, I, as a future educator, could create a self and inclusive learning space.
This quiz is about the models of disability. This quiz enabled me to understand, recognize, and value the differences that each individual has. and help me acknowledge that each student brings unique experiences, perspectives, and strengths. This awareness allows me to appreciate the richness that diversity brings to our learning environment, thus helping us thrive in this multicultural world. This quiz also teaches me that the biases we experience aren't just defined by those around us but also by different communities such as the church, the hospital, the government, and many more. Thus, we, as future educators, should not disdain an individual in a narrow-minded way but understand them and create an environment where we can strive together as a whole.
Foundation of Special and Inclusive Education
“If everyone was taught sign language at an early age, a deaf person would no longer be disadvantaged. If towns were built and planned with physical disabilities in mind and there was no social stigma attached to looking or sounding different, then having a physical impairment would no longer be disabling.”
- Dr. Nancy Doyle