7/11/2017
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Abbie Malkewitz
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- Think of a student with a disability you have now or in the past. Describe ways in which their disability affected their learning in your class.
All of my students learn the value of the diversity of the group to make the show a success. I teach all the various aspects of technical theatre and have had a few students through the years classified as having a disability, but their drive and self motivation made everyone surprised to learn that fact. The one visibly disabled student had an OI and struggled to walk but never let that stop her moving scenery or props from one side of the stage to the other. Many of the students are small and it will take more than one to share the heavy loads so giving and taking assistance is always a valuable lesson they learn together. A classified disability just adds to the diversity of how to figure out how to accomplish the task at hand. |
7/11/2017
Topic:
Students With Disabilities
Abbie Malkewitz
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- Describe how two of the strategies discussed could potentially be implemented in your classroom. Be sure to identify the two strategies by name and describe how they could be used to address a student with a disabilities needs
I teach technical theatre and it always involves a group mentality so Peer Grouping is a constant in my classroom. The advanced students will do a Task Analysis on the various procedures such as focusing an ellipsoidal or setting up a microphone. They will then instruct the beginning students on the task. So also an example of cooperative learning. |
7/11/2017
Topic:
Assessment of Learning
Abbie Malkewitz
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- Describe an example of adapted assessment you have successfully used in the fine arts classroom for students with disabilities
A student struggled with written vocabulary tests on basic theatre parts. On his exam I took him to the theatre and pointed out the places he needed to identify and define. Since then I have added vocabulary pictures to the exam. |