Inclusive Education: Challenges and Strategies for Professional Practitioners

Running head: INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Inclusive Education
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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Executive Summary
The right to education is the basic right of all the learners. Inclusive education is the platform
of study which allows learners to acquire knowledge, skills, and education from teachers and
institutions without any hurdles. Often learners experience discrimination due to their
disability, racial or caste issues in getting education. They are being marginalized on the basis
of the social grounds which affects their learning paths and they lag behind the others of the
same age. This assessment discusses the various social goals the teachers need to acquire for
the development of the learning procedure for the inclusive education process.

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Table of Contents
Table of Contents...........................................................................................................2
Introduction....................................................................................................................4
Discussion......................................................................................................................4
Part I: Professional Self-Assessments............................................................................4
A: Ability to promote positive social change related to healthy development and
learning.......................................................................................................................4
B: Quality characteristics, mindsets, skills and contributions of professional
practitioners................................................................................................................6
Part II: Professional Perspectives...................................................................................7
A: Professional Goals.................................................................................................7
B. Philosophy of Development and Learning............................................................9
C: Targeted areas of growth.....................................................................................12
Conclusion....................................................................................................................13
References....................................................................................................................14

INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
Introduction
Inclusive education is dependable on the rights of all students for a quality education
regardless of their social, intellectual or physical issues The concept of Inclusive education
focuses on ensuring the fact that institutions can meet all the needs of the students. Disabled
and marginalized students need support and help to become capable citizens (Marimuthu and
Cheong 2015). The negative and sympathetic attitudes of the society towards the disabled
learners need to be changed. This assignment focuses on the challenges faced by a
professional practitioner in the field of education and the possible ways to develop and enact
positive social changes in the field of teaching and inclusive education.
Discussion
Part I: Professional Self-Assessments
A: Ability to promote positive social change related to healthy development and
learning
Major changes in the education system are required to incorporate inclusive
education. The changing procedure is faced with frequent challenges. The areas where social
change is needed are:
 Existing Attitudes- Attitudes towards the disabled candidates have not yet changed in
the society. Many institutions tend to avoid the accommodation for the disabled
students due to their learning issues. Besides, many institutions also have some old
attitudes which prohibit students from minority to the institution. These types of
discrimination still prevail in our society. Not only the disabled learners but
youngsters are also marginalized in the context of racial, social and cultural