Teachers who are working towards inclusive classrooms : (i) Create curriculum…

2023

Teachers who are working towards inclusive classrooms :
(i) Create curriculum adaptations
(ii) Incorporate diverse perspectives
(iii) Examine their own implicit bias
(iv) See diversity as an obstacle
Which of the above are correct ?

  1. A.

    (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)

  2. B.

    (i), (ii), (iii)

  3. C.

    (i), (iii), (iv)

  4. D.

    (ii), (iii), (iv)

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Correct answer: B

Inclusive education is the practice of adapting curriculum, teaching methods, and one's own attitudes so that every learner — regardless of ability, background, or difference — can meaningfully access and participate in a shared classroom. It rests on treating learner diversity as a resource to be drawn upon, not a problem to be managed, and it requires teachers to continually examine their own assumptions.

Checking each listed action against this idea: creating curriculum adaptations addresses access, incorporating diverse perspectives draws on diversity as a resource, and examining one's own implicit bias addresses the teacher's own hidden assumptions — all three are concrete, well-documented practices of inclusion-oriented teaching. Seeing diversity as an obstacle, however, frames learner differences as a problem rather than a resource, which is the opposite of the inclusive stance described above.

  • Create curriculum adaptations — a genuine inclusive practice: it removes barriers in HOW content is taught.

  • Incorporate diverse perspectives — a genuine inclusive practice: it draws on learner diversity as a resource in WHAT is taught.

  • Examine their own implicit bias — a genuine inclusive practice: it targets the teacher's own hidden barriers.

  • See diversity as an obstacle — not an inclusive practice: it treats learner difference as a deficit, the very view inclusive education is built to counter.

So the set of genuinely inclusive practices among those listed is exactly (i), (ii), and (iii).

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