Inclusive Education Is Not A Marginal Issue - 1502 Words

â€Å"Inclusive education is not a marginal issue, but is central to the achievement of high quality education for all learners and the development of more inclusive societies†. This statement made by UNICEF clearly portrays their view that inclusive education is of upmost importance within our schools. However there is a sense that almost too much weigh has been placed upon this educational approach. â€Å"†¦is central to the achievement of high quality education for all learners†¦Ã¢â‚¬ , at a common sense standpoint this seems unlikely. That inclusion is important is not being argued however the claim that it is central seems like a reach. Another issue is that a central source of ‘high quality education for all learners’ is the inclusion of†¦show more content†¦Today we look at including the learning disabled in a similar way, just as in racial desegregation we believe that it is important to bring those students whom have been typically se parated from their peers back into the mainstream and develop â€Å"ways of fostering social and academic interactions† (Thompkins Deloney, 1995, p.xx). Reasoning’s behind such a move are again similar in some ways to those based around the racial desegregation in a need to be ethical. One such logical reason â€Å"suggests that special education integration, parallel to racial desegregation, should incorporate the notion that classrooms reflect naturally occurring percentages of those with disabilities (approximately 10 percent) in relation to those without disabilities.† (Sailor, 1989, p53). This touches upon the notion that â€Å"inclusive education is central to the development of [a] more inclusive [society]†. The other half of our quotation claims that â€Å"inclusive education is central to the achievement of high quality education for all learners†. A distinction to note here is that it is referring to all learners, that inclusivity is essential to both the learning disabled and non-disabled in academic achievement. Taken from face value this statement seems inaccurate. Too much certainty and when compared with the alternative, the idea that if we were to pull all those students deemed with a learning