Issue #14
Issue:-The dispute is whether it is desirable to have full inclusion of disabled students in the schools. The motion s has been faced with a lot of debate from people. Richard a. villa and Jacqueline s. thousand are of the position that the disabled students should have full inclusion. This is because as they argue they depict that discrimination should not be a factor. They continue to argue that the disabled students should be treated equal and they should not feel like outcasts. Karen Agne on the other hand opposes the motion and is against the idea of fully including the disabled students. This is because he thinks that the disabled students need specialized care and cannot mix with other students.
Pro position: - The disabled students need equal treatment in order for them to feel loved by the society.
Con position: the disabled students need special treatment in order for them to adapt to the daily activities. The special care helps them to accept who they are and even appreciate themselves.
Areas of disagreement:
- The disabled students are just like any other students except that they are disabled.
- Fully inclusion of disabled students will mean that trained professionals should be employed to cater for their needs.
- Mixing the disabled students and the other students intrigues more psychological effects on them.
Research ideas:
- Three schools should be selected, one for disabled students, one for normal students and another for the mixture of both. Their performance and the pace at which they cover their curriculum and also their co-curricular activities should be evaluated for a couple of years.
- Psychological researches should conduct a detailed research on the psychological needs of disabled students. Then they should commend whether disabled students should be fully included into schools.
Issue #16
Issue: - The concern is whether the intelligent design is a threat to curriculum. The debate has been faced with a lot of reaction from different scholars and students at large. However, mark terry is on the proposition that indeed intelligent design is a threat to the curriculum. He argues that intelligent design will result to most schools being closed down resulting to loss of job opportunities for most people. On the other hand, Dan Peterson is on the contrary opinion. He argues that students should be independent and they should not only depend on their teachers. At the end, this king of intelligence helps to nurture research and innovation talents in the country.
Pro position: - Intelligent design will result to most students adopting the research skills which can also be used to access sites that ruin morals.
Con position: - Intelligent design is for the benefit of the country and the international at large. This is because it helps in technological advancements where students will no longer need to schools to obtain information.
Areas of disagreement:
- Intelligent design will promote immoral behaviors in the society.
- Intelligent design will lead to loss of employment opportunities in the education sector.
- Intelligent design will promote independent people in the society.
Research ideas:
- Two countries, one that has accepted intelligent design into their curriculum and the other one that has completely rejected the use of intelligent design in their curriculum should be selected. After a decade their performance and the type of citizens produced from the schools should be evaluated.
- The scholar should conduct an extensive research that will entail survey from different curriculums from different schools, they should commend whether intelligent design should be used in the curriculum or not.
References
Noll. J. (2012). Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Education (17th Ed.) NY, NY: Mcgraw Hill
