Belkin The Lesson Of Classroom 506 Summary

In Belkin article “ the lesson of classroom 506” the article is about a boy named Thomas who has disabilities spectrum, and could not speak , walk , sit unassisted or feed himself . The article is including Thomas who is a kindergarten boy with the special need who is placed in a normal classroom. Belkin discusses an inclusion class and how it allows students with disabilities learn where non-disability students are. I believe that in an inclusion classroom students use each other because they are learning from each other. I believe that “ideally, once an inclusive-classroom is rethought and reconfigured, it will serve clusters of children with special needs, not just one, so that impaired and non-impaired children can come to see one another as peers” (Belkin 2004, pg. 42). I agree with that because it is absolutely fine when disability and non-disability children share the same classroom. I relate that to the high school

He defines several from logical mathematical intelligence, linguistic intelligence, and spatial intelligence and how each and every one of the seven is interrelated. Some main challenges I may be faced with may be that some students are just not book smart and prefer music or drama but what can help me is to incorporate lessons that will touch each and every one of those different ‘intelligences’ Armstrong states, “that virtually everyone has the capacity to develop all seven intelligences to a reasonably high level of performance if given the appropriate encouragement, enrichment, and instruction” (Armstrong 2000, pg. 11). Although he was referring to non-impaired children I know that special education children can also benefit from this and achieve goals. I believe that this is why special education teachers exist and why they are so