Module Overview

What’s Inside?

 Understanding Diversity
 Addressing Diversity Through the Years: Special and Inclusive Education
 Making Schools Inclusive
 Typical and Atypical Development Among Children
 Learners with Additional Needs

This course module will introduce you on the theoretical, historical, legal, and
sociological foundations that form the basis for the Special and Inclusive education.
Discussed also here in the module the lessons about the child development theories and
learners with additional needs. Thus, this module will be of great help to you especially you
are now on the stage of practicing your future career.

At the completion of this module, you are able to:

 Identify laws, policies, models, theories, and philosophies that form the basis for
special education practice.
 Distinguish the typical and atypical development and characteristics of learners with
exceptionalities.
 Design a learning plan in the context of learners with special education needs.
 Appreciate uniqueness and diversity among all learners most especially students with
additional needs, difficulties and disabilities.

Are you ready? Then, let’s get it on!

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CHAPTER
UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY

Objectives :

At the end of the lesson you should be able to:

 Discuss the meaning and significance of diversity;
 Explain Loden’s Wheel of Diversity; and
 Create a poster that demonstrates the impact and importance of acknowledging,
respecting, and tolerating diversity.

Introduction

Welcome to Chapter 1! In this chapter, you will have a better understanding

and knowledge of what is diversity. It is important to know this so that we will
recognize and accept diversity especially in our respective classrooms. Loden’s
Wheel of Diversity would be a help in understanding of what is diversity.

Activity :

Pick a classmate you do not fully know. Take turns discussing different
things/qualities about each other. Complete the Venn diagram below by listing the
things/qualities that make you different (list in the outer circles) and those that make
you two similar (inner circle). Count the number of things that make you the same
and make you different from each other.
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 similarities
differences differences

Your name Your classmate’s name

Analysis :

1. From the activity, do you have more similarities or differences?

2. What is your realization about the activity?

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Abstraction
:

Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

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 Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

EDUC 7: FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION | MODULE 1

LOURDES L. BAUYA
 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

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 Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

EDUC 7: FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION | MODULE 1

LOURDES L. BAUYA
 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

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 Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

EDUC 7: FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION | MODULE 1

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 SURIGAO DEL SUR STATE UNIVERSITY
Bislig Campus
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive Education: Manila.

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 Application:

 Task 1.
Create a poster that demonstrates the impact and importance of acknowledging,
respecting and tolerating diversity. Source: Halal, C.N.A. et al. 2020. Foundations of Special and Inclusive
Education: Manila.

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Good Job!
You are done with Lesson 1 of this Unit. Should there be some parts of the lesson which
you need to clarify, please note that in our GC, or you can call in my mobile phone.

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