Historical, political and social factors influencing past/current systems of education

Question 1

Whitney H. Rapp and Katrina L. Arndt (2012)

Answer 1

“Educational researchers who studied the practices of effective teachers concluded that classroom designs greatly enhance opportunities for student progress

Question 2

Alicia Broderick (2005)

Answer 2

An important goal of flexible grouping is to, “Allow disabled students to act as helper as often as they act as helpee.”
The use of flexible grouping sounded interesting as it involved more than just putting students with disabilities in groups with students without.

Question 3

Susan Baglieri & A. Shapiro (2012)

Answer 3

“Such intolerance is more a reflection of adult prejudices and of adult-imposed segregation than innate cruelty”

Question 4

Whitney H. Rapp and Katrina L. Arndt (2012)

Answer 4

This idea of a universal design for learning is based in the idea that a teacher designs their curriculum intentionally from the very start to be able to fit all different learning types and special needs.