Multicultural Initiatives: Including Samuel

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Including Samuel

Including Samuel http://www.includingsamuel.com/media/Video/Samuel-Additional-Video.aspx: This documentary of Habib and his wife Betsy feel strongly that Samuel should be fully included in typical classrooms. Samuel has the support of many people to ensure that this happens--from his family, to his teacher Barbara O'Brien, to his Phys. Ed. instructor, to the principal. It takes a lot of creativity to make this work, but Samuel's family believes that inclusion is the best way for every child - with or without a disability - to learn.