Inclusion in BC

What is inclusion?

• It means certain students belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities.

• It means all students belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities.

• It means most students belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities.

• It means only students with disabilities belong and are valued members of their classroom and neighbourhood school communities.

What does this picture represent?

• exclusion

• segregation

• integration

• inclusion

What does this picture represent?

• exclusion

• segregation

• integration

• inclusion

What does this picture represent?

• exclusion

• segregation

• integration

• inclusion

What does this picture represent?

• exclusion

• segregation

• integration

• inclusion

What does this picture represent?

• diversity

• segregation

• integration

• inclusion

What does inclusive education looks like in practice? Check all those that you think are correct!

• Students learn together.

• Support for students to learn better together and for teachers to teach students of all abilities.

• Membership in a regular class, not sitting in the back alone with an EA “glued to the hip.”

• Going to your own neighbourhood school.

What is the "pulling up effect"?

• It helps students with autism but pull others down.

• It helps only some students who need support and other students are fine.

• It helps all those who need support and pulls others down.

• It helps all those who need support and pulls others up.

Public schools that practice social inclusion and tolerance help to raise a generation with more positive attitudes and values, resulting in a more ______________ democracy.

• equitable

• even

• endangered

• enlivened

A recent BCTF study showed declining mental health for teachers and students, as teachers have been asked to do ______ with _______.

• work/students

• more/less

• less/more

• teaching/special needs students

Answer explanation

Provincial funding for public schools had declined steadily since 2002. BC’s public schools have lost thousands of classroom and specialist teachers, with growing waitlists for student assessments, increasing class size and complexity and privatization pressures.