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EDU599 – Education Capstone – Week 8
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Student Name: Courtney Hopkins
Date: May 28, 2025
Class: EDU 599
Professor: Vance
Week 8 Activity Template
Practice
Inclusion
The activity is called Collaborative Learning Circles and is used in a middle
school social studies lesson about cultural diversity.
Learners are grouped into small teams of 4 to 5, each with individuals having
different abilities and backgrounds.
Group members pick a country, study its culture, history and social matters
and develop a presentation with visuals, a report and verbal comments.
Teachers may use devices such as sentence starters, organizers and different
roles to support students who have special needs or are learning English.
The activity takes two weeks and is a section within the larger curriculum unit.
It supports all students by promoting students to work together
and by providing support in different ways. When students from
different backgrounds mix, it promotes interaction, acceptance
and teamwork. Using tools like graphic organizers and sentence
starters helps students with language or organization skills.
Assigning roles means that each student joins in based on their
talents (Gal 1). When students can use oral, written and visual
presentations, all types of learners have a way to engage. Using
this approach helps diverse students succeed in academics and
makes certain that all learners have the chance to take part.
Gal, Carmit, and Chen Hanna Ryder. 2025. “Unlocking Potential: Comparing collaborative
and Traditional Learning Methods for Students with Learning Disabilities in Special
Education Classrooms.” Social Sciences & Humanities Open 11: 101521.
