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DQ 1
Review the “Beyond F.A.T. City: Look Back, Look Ahead—Conversation about Special
Education” video segments. Consider the advice Richard Lavoie offers regarding fairness in the
classroom, fairness at home, learned helplessness, and the danger of making assumptions.
Discuss the implications of each of these ideas for your future practice and explain whether you
agree or disagree with the ideas presented by addressing each of the following:
How does Lavoie define and explain fairness in the classroom?
What advice does Lavoie offer to parents regarding fairness?
What does Lavoie say about learned helplessness and assumptions, and why does he discuss
them?
Good morning Professor Pearlman and class,
Dr. Lavoie defined and explained fairness as each student receiving what they need, fairness does
not equal same. If a child says something is not fair, tell that child everyone gets what they need
and that is fair, do not argue with children. Dr. Lavoie offers that children understand fairness
and they know when a child’s needs are greater. Parents should not feel bad about providing
special needs children with necessary services and remind their children that if they needed the
services, they would provide the services for them also. Learned helplessness is a human reaction
to thinking failure is inevitable. People may appear lazy when they choose not to do or try
something because previous experience was unsuccessful, or knowledge is very limited. Many
students have learned that if they appear unknowledgeable, they will receive even more help to
complete the task, because people do not want them to fail. Assuming is never a recipe for
success, if a teacher assumes higher or lower ability levels then the student will not receive
appropriate support. Dr. Lavoie discussed learned helplessness and assumptions because people
tend to assume a person is lazy when they choose not to do something without diving deeper into
the heart of the issue. Dr. Lavoie presented great ideas to help support future classroom
leadership. A good reminder is to not engage in a power struggle with children about fairness and
just remind students everyone gets what they need because we all have unique needs. I do agree
with Dr. Lavoie about the topics discussed, and my approach with learned helplessness is to have
the student try and ask specific questions, not just I do not understand this.
Thank you,
Holly
DQ 2
Students may argue about fairness and ask why a student with special education needs is treated
differently regarding behavioral discipline, accommodations, etc. Review the "Beyond F.A.T.
City:
Look Back, Look Ahead-Conversation about Special Education," focusing on the
“Fairness in the Classroom’ section. Consider the statement, “Fair is not always equal.” Discuss
how you, as a teacher, will address the issue of fairness without divulging confidential
information.
Good morning professor Pearlman and class,
Fairness is something most children experience before they enter school, but they do not fully
grasp the scope of fairness because they tend to think fairness and equal are the same. To address
fairness in my classroom I will remind students that fairness means each student receives what
they need. I will tell students about my experience in school, I have vision problems and needed
large print, so what I received looked different than what the other students in my class received,
but it was what I needed to be successful in school. Students do not need to know the specifics of
other students needs, but it is ok to remind them that they are all unique and each student will
receive what they need at school to be successful.
Thank you,
Holly
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