Comments on: So what does Jim Knight mean by personalisation? http://supercollider.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/so-what-does-jim-knight-mean-by-personalisation/ making things better Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:36:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: supercollider http://supercollider.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/so-what-does-jim-knight-mean-by-personalisation/#comment-9 supercollider Sat, 24 May 2008 19:01:51 +0000 http://supercollider.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-9 The entry is about what Jim Knight thinks about personalisation. The question is whether Jim Knight really wants to review how we "judge success". His recent defense of SATs has left me with questions about what future there can be when this kind of one size fits all summative assessment is supported. The entry is about what Jim Knight thinks about personalisation. The question is whether Jim Knight really wants to review how we “judge success”. His recent defense of SATs has left me with questions about what future there can be when this kind of one size fits all summative assessment is supported.

]]> By: Angela Deckett http://supercollider.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/so-what-does-jim-knight-mean-by-personalisation/#comment-8 Angela Deckett Fri, 23 May 2008 09:54:32 +0000 http://supercollider.wordpress.com/?p=22#comment-8 This is an interesting post. Thank you! I work at the NDCS, a charity that supports deaf children and their families. As you can probably imagine, a lot of this work is around education issues. What I found really interesting about your post was the notion that personalisation is not just about working with children with specific special educational needs. Many deaf children are not given statements of special educational needs, as they are quite able to cope in the classroom without additional support. This sometimes creates problems as teachers may then start to think that the deaf child can just be left to get on with it and they don't need to worry about their needs. This happens mostly with mildly deaf children and children who use cochlear implants (which can make them seem like hearing children to hearing people). Deaf children should have the same chances to develop their own independence, identify their own learning needs and sense of self awareness as hearing children. As you say, all children, whether deaf or hearing, with special educational needs or not, should benefit from any real changes made as a result of this dialogue. This is an interesting post. Thank you! I work at the NDCS, a charity that supports deaf children and their families. As you can probably imagine, a lot of this work is around education issues.

What I found really interesting about your post was the notion that personalisation is not just about working with children with specific special educational needs. Many deaf children are not given statements of special educational needs, as they are quite able to cope in the classroom without additional support. This sometimes creates problems as teachers may then start to think that the deaf child can just be left to get on with it and they don’t need to worry about their needs. This happens mostly with mildly deaf children and children who use cochlear implants (which can make them seem like hearing children to hearing people). Deaf children should have the same chances to develop their own independence, identify their own learning needs and sense of self awareness as hearing children.

As you say, all children, whether deaf or hearing, with special educational needs or not, should benefit from any real changes made as a result of this dialogue.

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