Idealism

Idealism was discovered by Plato.  He believes that ideas are the only true reality.  He thinks this is the only one worth knowing.  Reality lies within out own intellect.  Plato who is the father of Idealism explained this view in about 400 BC in his book "the republic" and it has been around since.  Plato believed there were two worlds.  The Spiritual/mental world and the appearance world.  This is what we refer to as the duality of mind and body. 

Idealism in critical in the classroom.  This philosophy helps better the society by discovering each students abilities.  This occurs most in literature, religion, philosophy, and history.  I believe this is a great way of trying to teach a child.  Since different children learn and behave in many different ways, teachers have to know how to deal with all these different children.  A teacher should definitely should know this philosophy because it encourages the children to learn on their own and strive for achievement.  

Inclusion in the Classroom.

When I first thought about the idea of inclusion, I didn't think of it as a good idea.  Inclusion is when you mix the children with disabilities with children who do not have any learning disabilities in the same classroom.  I thought that it will have a negative effect on both of the children.  The children with learning disabilities might feel not as smart as the children without any learning difficulties.  Also these children might not get the full effect of of the learning experience.  This is because the class might go too fast for them and these children might not ask all of the questions they have because they could be embarrassed.  It could have a negative effect on the children with no disabilities because the class could go too slow for them and they might not get to learn all they need to in the class they are in.  So I asked the question of what could be the good side of inclusion.  I learned that an inclusion classroom has two teachers.  One teacher is a regular educator and the other is a special education teacher.  Also the children in the class are not to know who has the disabilities and who does not.  Inclusion has some very strong pros for children with disabilities.  They get to be in a regular classroom with all of their peers.  They do not feel different as they would in a special education classroom.  This helps children who might have autism make friendships with other children since autism deals with social interactions.  It also has some good effects on children without any learning disabilities.  They don't know who the children are who have disabilities, they only know they are in a classroom with some children who have unique abilities.  This allows children to interact with other kids who may learn differently.  This helps because in the real world everyone is different and people learn and do things differently everyday.  The only bad thing about inclusion is that the teachers might spend more time on children with learning disabilities even though they are not suppose to.  So overall, after researching inclusion, my whole outlook on inclusion has changed for the better.