Pros And Cons Of Inclusion

Con
A con that has raised much concern about the use of inclusion within the classroom is that teachers are not properly trained nor receive adequate support to teach a student with a disability. With teachers already struggling to provide appropriate education for students without disabilities due to rigorous standards and mounting pressure to perform, with such a large burden it becomes unrealistic for teachers to provide the attention needed and deserved for disabled students within a regular education classroom. With lack of training in specialized education areas, teachers are unable to properly serve disabled children and in turn these students are unable to receive an appropriate education accompanied by specialized attention and care needed in order to suitably benefit educationally.
A second issue that has been brought forth as being detrimental is one that I have also seen as being a pro, the socialization aspect of inclusion. Opponents to inclusion feel that the socialization part of learning takes precedence over the student’s academic achievement. If this is so, then the disabled student would be missing out on necessary skills that would ensure academic progression while at the same time putting the regular
Having taught in a room that implemented inclusion, the disabled student benefited from learning alongside their peers. This allowed my regular education students an opportunity to teach another student strategies and content they had learned. The students loved to be a helper for the disabled student and I find that using student mentors helps to ensure that I can also appropriately serve the other students in the classroom. The use of mentorship helped give my regular education students a sense of responsibility and helped them create a warm and helpful relationship amongst the