Chapters 5 & 9

Chapter 5 - Reading
This chapter reminded me a lot of the ETE 330 class at Bradley. It talked a lot about about the different labels that students with exceptionalites and disabilities are given. I really liked how it went into some detail about gifted students and how they also have a special need. I feel that some people do not considered students who are gifted to have this need, but infact they do and it is important for people to see that and help them in a different way then students with other special needs. The chapter also went on to talk about different court cases that have helped the progression of education for all. Brown vs. the Board of Education is a great example of how times have changed for the better for different groups of people. Many laws were also passed to benefit all children throughout the United States who might not have been able to go to school for any type of reason (disability, poverty, etc.).

Chapter 5 - Questions
1. How are IEP's helpful to every student? Do some students fall through the cracks with what they need?
2. When students are taken out of the general classroom and placed in an inclusion, what are the benefits and negatives about this?
3. Students who are considered gifted have a special need, should this special need be looked at the same as other special needs, why/why not?

Chapter 9 - Reading
Age is an intereseting topic to talk about when it comes to schooling and the items that students can be influenced by while in school. Age and culture can go together in some respects when it comes to when someone can be considered an adult. While on the Bondi Beach tour, the guide told us that young girls around the age of 10 would have part of their pinky cut off to be considered an adult in the tribe. The chapter went on to talk about when children learn different skills and knowledge and at what age different tasks can be learned. Abuse was another topic that was talked about in this chapter; I was not totally aware of all the different types of abuse and how they could be broken down into different categories. I am not sure how some children or adults take this abuse and how they can recover from it. I believe that teachers need to be shown the signs of abuse and how a child can change emotionally and physically from day to day. Teachers need to be aware of this to report any type of change that could be harmful. What students learn at different ages is also interesting. Some children learn different motor skills and knowledge at different ages. Each year in school children need to be able to add to what they have learned and keep building on that knowledge over time.

Chapter 9 - Questions
1. Children who are abused learn many things at a young age, but can the cycle of child abuse be stopped? Why/why not?
2. Life expecstancy ages have chagne from males to females in every race/ethnicity, why does obesity play a large role in this? How can the obesity issue be changed, can it be changed?
3. What are some different ways teachers can help students of all ages who might be more mature or less mature in the classroom?