Difference between an accommodation and an intervention.

 

1. Think about your career path, hobbies, personal interests and tasks you do well. How do these aspects of your life play to your strengths? to your affinities?

2. Think about a student you know who struggles in school. What does this student do well? Which constructs or functions (described in Chapter 3) seem most directly related to this student’s strengths?

3. Talk about the difference between an accommodation and an intervention. (See page 70 for definitions of these terms.) Give examples of both accommodations and interventions you have observed in Early Childhood or preschool.

 

Sample Solution

Overall the gymnastics lessons went well as most of the students used the iPad and their social skills to progress their abilities in gymnastics. Although this is the case, it was evident that the use of the iPad to develop students’ abilities could have been enhanced further if the AT had more knowledge on how to implement the iPad into the curriculum. This implementation has been seen as a key issue and had effects mentioned by the observing teachers such as the ATs ability to ‘’stretch abler students” and ‘’differentiate the class and tasks” (Appendix 6). These observations highlight the importance of educators being able to implement the ICT resource efficiently into their pedagogy. As the more that teachers see the connection between technology and the content of the subject they teach, the more likely they are to develop a technology supported pedagogy (Hutchison and Reinking, 2011) through direct experience of how to handle technology in the classroom (Kiridis et al, 2006). The AT would reiterate Chens (2010) suggestion of encouraging educators to learn, then model how technology can be incorporated into teaching and learning to effectively teach and allow students to progress at a quicker rate avoiding any of the issues that arise as stated above. The AT would also recommend from experience that teachers gain a mutual understanding with the students of what is expected of them to avoid any distractions or behavioural issues, as the observing teacher suggested in a discussion that if the lesson were to be done again that it would be ‘’imperative” to stay on top of the behaviour and ensure all students were focused otherwise the objective of the lesson would not be achieved. Another way of overcoming this is ensuring there are progressions tasks in place for the more/less able as these tasks can allow students to be engaged, allowing for further learning (Lewin and Shoemaker, 2011).

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