Including students with disabilities in Learning Communities
Author(s) -
Silvia Molina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
psychology society and education
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2171-2085
pISSN - 1989-709X
DOI - 10.25115/psye.v2i1.431
Subject(s) - inclusion (mineral) , curriculum , pedagogy , psychology , learning disability , special educational needs , perspective (graphical) , mathematics education , adaptation (eye) , subject (documents) , special education , sociology , computer science , developmental psychology , social psychology , artificial intelligence , library science , neuroscience
Learning Communities is a project for school transformation the objective of which is to achieve high quality education for all students, avoiding all type of segregation due to students' level of attainment or other characteristics, and any type of differentiation or acritical adaptation of the curriculum, which may lead to unequal learning results. Students with disabilities have traditionally been subject to these types of practices which, nevertheless, have dubious results as far as the learning and social integration of these students is concerned. It is necessary to identify educational strategies which respond to the specific needs of these students within the framework of the same educational environment and the same learning objectives, as is being claimed from the inclusive education perspective. Starting from these premises, in this article we review the Learning Communities model as a school model which contributes to the inclusion of students with disabilities. Firstly, we will define the term "disability" and its educational implications as compared to other concepts which have also been used in this field. Secondly, we describe some of the characteristics of the learning communities in relation to inclusive education and we focus particularly on the way in which the learning communities approach responds to the specific educational needs of students with disabilities. Finally, we will focus on a specific classroom practice, the interactive groups, and its contributions to the inclusion of students with disabilities. Keywords : learning communities, students with disabilities, inclusion. La inclusion de alumnado con discapacidad en las Comunidades de Aprendizaje RESUMEN : Las Comunidades de Aprendizaje son un proyecto de transformacion de los centros educativos cuyo objetivo es conseguir una educacion de calidad para todo su alumnado, evitando todo tipo de segregacion en funcion del nivel de aprendizaje o de otras caracteristicas, y cualquier tipo de diferenciacion o adaptacion acritica del curriculum que pueda llevar a resultados educativos desiguales. El alumnado con discapacidad es un colectivo que tradicionalmente ha sido objeto de este tipo de practicas, que sin embargo aportan resultados dudosos tanto en cuanto a su aprendizaje como a su integracion social. Es necesario identificar estrategias educativas que den respuesta a las necesidades especificas de este alumnado en el marco de un mismo entorno y unos mismos objetivos de aprendizaje, tal como se viene defendiendo desde la educacion inclusiva. Partiendo de estas premisas, en este articulo revisamos el modelo de las Comunidades de Aprendizaje como modelo de escuela que contribuye a la inclusion del alumnado con discapacidad. En primer lugar, situamos conceptualmente el termino "discapacidad" y sus implicaciones educativas frente a otros conceptos que tambien se han venido utilizando en este ambito. En segundo lugar, describimos algunas de las caracteristicas de las comunidades de aprendizaje en relacion a la educacion inclusiva, y nos centramos especialmente en como el planteamiento de las comunidades de aprendizaje responde a las necesidades educativas especificas del alumnado con discapacidad. Por ultimo, nos centramos en una practica de aula concreta, los grupos interactivos, y sus contribuciones a la inclusion del alumnado con discapacidad. Palabras clave : comunidades de aprendizaje, alumnado con discapacidad, inclusion.
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