Otherness - Diversity in Education

Introduction:

Even though students are taught in the same room, have the same lessons with the same books, pupils' learning abilities may vary from person to person. I firmly believe that there are numerous children who may find it difficult to acquire the know-how of writing and reading. Apart from subject someone is due to find some obstacles in doing sport, everybody is different and we all have strengths and weaknesses. Diversity in education is one of the many things that educational institutions should take into account when it comes to designing the National Curriculum.


Dyslexia:

There is great cause for concern for those parents whose children have permanent problems with reading, writing or spelling. Those children with the above-mentioned symptoms have an increased risk of dyslexia that can either be a deficiency or a disability. Unfortunately, until about the 1950s dyslexic people were seen are handicapped humans owing to their low IQ. Children with dyslexia were segregated and were taught separately from their able-bodied counterparts. The perception of dyslexia had started to change in the 1960s when the term learning disability was more commonly used as learning difficulty. The most widespread phrase to refer in the 21st century to such disorders is learning difference that has a less negative connotation. The Hungarian expression "részképességzavar" or its English equivalent "disorder" is used as a noun that aptly describes the opposite of order. I have no clue which expression is the least offensive to use for dyslexic people. Probably, I ought to ask a handicapped person about which phrase they like to to be referred as.



Famous people with such deficiency:

There is a tremendous number of those people who are well-known and have a good reputation for their inventions or for their work and were diagnosed as dyslexic. The list includes the physicist Pierre Curie and the inventor Thomas Edison. John Lennon and Pablo Picasso are also reckoned to have suffered from such difficulty. It's believed that the Renaissance genius Leonardo da Vinci was also dyslexic due to the odd way of his writing that was out of the ordinary. Contrary to this popular belief, Leonardo writes in this way by choice and not because he was dyslexic.


Statistics:

Reportedly, one in every 12 children is affected by dyslexia, research suggested. There are lots of people saying that this ratio has to be lower since this data is outrageously high and there must be fewer dyslexic people affected by this disorder. Maybe this increasingly high number can be explained by the improvement of diagnostic schemes that professionals apply in health care facilities. According to an academic journal, there must have been more pupils affected by such disorder among the low achievers.


Dyscalculia:

Other children will probably find Mathematics and the basic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division hard to learn that is one of the most widespread symptoms of dyscalculia. Those students who are affected by such disorder will find it difficult to do accurate calculations and have weak mental arithmetic skills. Provided that children are not diagnosed in time with dyscalculia, Math lessons are due to be a truly devastating experience and a nightmare for them.


Conclusion:

What I believe is that educational institutions should tailor the National Curriculum for the needs of those students with any form of deficiency. It would significantly facilitate their integration into a so-called non-disabled / able-bodied society.

What is dyslexia?



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