The Humanising Language Teaching team has published a research paper ‘Humanizing Your Reading Class: The Magic of Working with an Autistic Learner’ by Mega Wati from Indonesia.
Research paper abstract:
This paper intends to share my experience in handling a reading class in an inclusive education setting with an autistic learner in it. Inspired by Friend & Bursuck’s INCLUDE analysis strategy for inclusive education (2014, 2015) that consists of Identify classroom demands, Note student learning strengths and needs, Check for potential paths to student success, Look for potential problem areas, Use information to brainstorm ways to adjust instruction, Decide which adjustments to make, and Evaluate student progress, three key teaching strategies were implemented in the writer’s class. At the end, by applying the strategies—confirming and focusing on the autistic learner’s strengths that are potential for his success, applying assessment differentiation, and empowering both the autistic learner as well as his classmates—it was found that the autistic learner benefited from this more ‘humane’ teaching strategy and suceeded.
Humanizing Your Reading Class: The Magic of Working with an Autistic Learner