Kerala is set to eliminate the concept of 'backbenchers' from its government school classrooms, with a new initiative aimed ...

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Kerala is set to eliminate traditional backbenches in state-run schools, aiming to boost student confidence and equity.

Key points Social inclusion is a basic human need and, therefore, a precondition to learning. Teachers have the power to create an inclusive or an exclusionary classroom learning environment.

We had long worked on inclusive design, but our projects mostly involved enhancing accessibility for individuals with physical disabilities. Those projects required an empathetic view of the people ...

To reduce learning barriers in the classroom, teachers need to plan for different methods of student engagement and make materials accessible to all students. Riley Mulcahy, founder of the RILEY ...

Thoughtful planning and intentional design will benefit all of your learners. Top Five Strategies for Structuring an Inclusive Classroom Environment: 1. A multi-sensory approach to learning ...

We can take further action by focusing on our classrooms no matter the model or method or discipline or student population. So how does our current climate and culture connect to ourselves, our ...

Key points: Fostering empathy should be a key goal for educators Here’s how schools can better support neurodiverse students How we built a whole-child, wraparound approach to special education For ...

Still, Hay had no prior experience designing school structures intended to foster inclusion. “This was the first time I learned what an inclusive classroom is,” she says. Rather than copy designs she ...

Kelly Hogan (@IIatUNC) and Viji Sathy (@vijisathy) are both award-winning professors with a combined 20+ years in the classroom at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They founded ...

Officials at Harvest Intermediate, however, told us inclusive environments don't start or end in architecture. "It is much more than just physical design," Superintendent Rebecca Toetz said.