Social inclusion is one of those things I feel I will struggle with as a teacher. Being that I come from the majority I have never experienced social exclusion. This, along with the aspect that I do not find myself racist, may make it hard for me to pick up on exclusive behaviours/feelings that others may be expressing. I know that racism and prejudice happen regularly in my community so I understand it is a problem and needs to be fixed.
I am hoping in this PD today to talk about how teachers can help to break the barriers and be an instrument for change in our communities. By touching on how to notice exclusive behaviour and what to do when it happens, will give me more confidence when put in one of these situations. My feeling is that he will have some very straight forward talks about social inclusion, give example of how he has address the situations and remark on the successfulness of them.
There is a lot to be learned and my ears will be open and I look forward to sharing the information with you after.
I never even heard of this PD! Tell me all about it, it sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of social inclusion.. we just went and saw the movie Red Tails about the African-American pilots in WW2. Really good movie, I recommend it :)