A philosophical anchor for creating inclusive communities in early childhood education: anti-bias philosophy and Te Whāriki: Early childhood curriculum.

The basic premise of this paper is that inclusion in early childhood education in Aotearoa New Zealand is a worthy focus of early childhood education curriculum and that an anti-bias philosophy assists in developing curriculum that is inclusive. It is claimed that the early childhood curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand is an emancipatory one, and arguments for activism and anti-bias principles in support of curriculum implementation are made. Drawing on anti-bias principles, the current curriculum statement (Te Whāriki: Early Childhood Curriculum) is examined to ascertain what support for anti-bias foci exists. Teaching strategies based upon discussion, critical thinking and an awareness of diversity themes/difference are considered in support of active anti-bias work in early childhood education

Teaching Respect: LGBT-Inclusive Curriculum and School Climate

For many students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), school is a hostile environment that can negatively affect academic performance and personal well-being. One strategy that educators can employ to promote safe and affirming school environments is including positive representations of LGBT people, history, and events in the curriculum. Among the LGBT students in GLSEN's 2009 National School Climate Survey, attending a school with an LGBT-inclusive curriculum was related to a less-hostile school experience for LGBT students as well as increased feelings of connectedness to their school communities. Despite these benefits, the vast majority of LGBT students do not have access to an inclusive curriculum

Learner wellbeing and behaviour

The Learner wellbeing and behaviour policy pertains to learners, teachers, parents, schools and relevant staff and is concerned with the creation and maintenance of safe and inclusive learning environments in order to provide learners with the best opportunity to reach their potential. This policy is designed to support the Melbourne Declaration on Education Goals for Young Australians, the National Safe Schools Framework amd the Australian Curriculum (in particular the proposed Health and Physical Education Curriculum and the general capabilities-  social capabilities and ethical behaviours).It is expected that early learning settings, schools and colleges offer safe, respectfuland inclusive learning environments that support the active learning and participation of all learners. This can be acheived in part by developing whole-school approaches to learner wellbeing, behaviour support and bullying. Schools must include details of their relevant approaches, policies and procedures within their School Improvement Plans.Staff are required to explicitly model and promote socially acceptable and responsible values and behaviour, participate in whole school approaches and provide safe and inclusive learning environments. Parents, families and carers must ensure children are aware of and understand the requirements of policies and procedures relating to positive behaviour in early learning settings, school and colleges. Learners are expected to contribute positively to the ongoign development of safe and inclusive learning environments by following relevant school policies, procedures and guidelines

Using African American Perspectives to Promote a More Inclusive Understanding of Human Communication Theory

This article addresses the use of African American perspectives as a means of promoting a more inclusive understanding of human communication theory. It describes contributions by African American scholars as they relate to providing a framework for inclusion of other under represented cultures in U.S. society (i.e. Asian American, Latino American, etc.). This objective is becoming more and more relevant because of the increased percentage of U.S. citizens who are of non-European origin. Common sense supports the position that an inclusive curriculum, representative of the many cultural groups that compose the U.S., will appeal to the diverse audience educated in the U.S. today and tomorrow

Transgender Healthcare Teaching in the Undergraduate Medical School Curriculum

With increasing recognition of the diverse and specific needs of transgender individuals in a health care setting, lack of knowledge, poor attitudes and prejudice towards transgender patients can result in this population being afraid to access medical care. Educating medical students early in their career in a sensitive and inclusive manner could help change these attitudes. It has been shown that medical undergraduates and post-graduates often feel unprepared or uncomfortable in caring for transgender patients due to lack of training and experience2-4. The aim of this study was to address this through introduction of basic transgender healthcare education into the University of Glasgow undergraduate medical curriculum, with the goal of implementing further interactive and fully inclusive teaching

Using African American Perspectives to Promote a More Inclusive Understanding of Human Communication Theory

This article addresses the use of African American Perspectives as a means of promoting a more inclusive understanding of human communication theory. It describes contributions by African American scholars as they relate to providing a framework for inclusion of other under-represented cultures in U.S. society (i.e. Asian American, Latin American, etc.). This objective is becoming more and more relevant because of the increased percentage of U.S. citizens who are of non-European origin. Common sense supports the position that an inclusive curriculum, representative of the many cultural groups that compose the U.S., will appeal to the diverse audience educated in the U.S. today and tomorrow

Pengembangan Kurikulum Pendidikan Inklusif Tingkat Sekolah Dasar

Developing inclusive education curriculum at elementaryschool level in East Java.The purpose of the researchwas to describe: characteristic and habit special need children in inclusive education, curriculum problems faced by teachers in inclusive school, and developingcurriculum model in inclusive school at elementary level. Development designbegun with field study towards needs ofspecial need children in inclusive school, and then developingcurriculum model in inclusive school. Research results showed type ofspecial need children included slow learning, learning difficulties, low intelligence, deaf problem,autism, mental problem, and blind children.In general, special need childrenhad difficulties in learning in regular school and some of them had difficulties in concentration in learning in regular.Keywords: developing,curriculum, special need children, elementary school, inclusive Absrak: Tujuan penelitian adalah mendeskripsikan: karakteristik dan kebiasaan ABK dalam pendidikan inklusif, hambatan yang dialami ABK dalam pendidikan inklusif, permasalahan yang dihadapi guru terkait dengan kurikulum di sekolah inklusif, dan mengembangkan model kurikulum di sekolah inklusif SD. Rancangan penelitian pengembangan diawali studi lapangan tentang kebutuhan-kebutuhan ABK di sekolah inklusif, selanjutnya mengembangkan model kurikulum inklusif SD. Hasil penelitian, jenis ABK di sekolah inklusif SD meliputi anak lambat belajar, berkesulitan belajar, tuna grahita, tuna rungu, autis, tuna daksa, dan tuna netra. Kesulitan ABK umumnya kesulitan mengikuti pelajaran di kelas regular, dan sebagian ABK mengalami kesulitan berkonsentrasi dalam pembelajaran di kelas regular

Preparing a Better Doctor: the C3 curriculum and OSCE scores

In 2013, a horizontally integrated 18 month curriculum (C3) for undergraduate medical students, which replaced the traditional 24 month basic sciences curriculum, was implemented at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. A retrospective, all-inclusive study was conducted comparing the performance of the last group of students completing the 24 month curriculum (the Class of 2016, n=196) and the first group of students completing the 18 month curriculum (the Class of 2017, n=205) on the end-of-course OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam). Students who completed the 18 month curriculum had significantly higher OSCE case scores (7.7 points, p \u3c0.0001) as well as higher OSCE category scores (2.2 points, p = 0.002)