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Perspectives: Best Practice Guidelines in Equitable Education Revisited with Imaginative

Education

Linda DelparteSFU Master’s in Education Student

Disability Resource Network Conference Vancouver BC May 22, 2015

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The goal of action research is to seek meanings and understandings about practices and to consider new approaches to the delivery of instruction.

Critical self-analysis is key Speak about what worked - what did not Propose more work or change in policy or

practice

Action Research

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First Education Degree

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Imaginative Education: Kieran Egan SFU Professor Master’s of Education: Instruction and

Curriculum Imaginative Education, Learning in Depth

Why?

Student Engagement

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Kieran has written extensively about the development of cognitive tools that if utilized engage the student emotionally with the content, learning increases that shapes understandings of their world.

Lev Vygotsky: Russian Special Educator is one of the original thinkers around learning/reflection/mediation

Kieran Egan’s Work

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Is this another sit com?

Critical Friends

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The Most Critical Friend

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One year Focus Groups at all institutions Various disabilities represented at the

discussion Did not use internet –distributed paper

copies! Thirteen Goals Short Brochure

Perspectives Report 1995

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Soo Mimi Nasibah Carolina Manon Michael

SFU Cohorts & Instructor

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More Critical Friends

Donna Lowndes Douglas College

Christina Cederlof Thompson Rivers University

ASE Articulation Committee

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9 individuals 5 institutions Consent form Questionnaire Meetings in person/on the phone

Interviews Established

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May 2014 session at the DRN Conference The 4 Themes were….

Fostering InclusionRemoving BarriersInforming Potential Allies/StudentsProviding a Range of Options

Disability Resource Network

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Universal Design for Learning Inclusive Education Disability Confident Self-Determination Changing Student Profile Assistive Technology Customized Employment Imaginative Education

Themes for the Action Research

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Roots in Architecture

IMAGE OF A CURB CUT Examples: Note taking by all students taking turns and

posting Power points from instructor posted Videos with open captioning and voice

Universal Design for Learning

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Getting away from Special Education and planning how to maximize learning for everyone

Every instructor considers student engagement Plan before delivery to meet 3 principles

-Multiple means of representing the information-Multiple means of expressing the knowledge-Multiple means of engagement in learning

Paradigm Shift Special Education to Universal Design

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Dual Enrollment Substantially Separate Mixed or Hybrid Inclusive Individual Support

Grigal, M. & Hart, D. (2010). Think College: Post Secondary Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

Inclusive Education

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Susan Scott-Parker from Business Disability Forum

A business would be confident in serving customers with disabilities and hiring employees with disabilities

Employment Equity legislation in Canada Diversity positions at post secondary

institutions

Disability Smart or Confident

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Implications for preparation in high school

Implications for classroom curriculum in ASE Career Exploration

Implications for Disability Supports Services

Self-Determination

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Mental Health IMPLICATIONS for curriculum?

Aboriginal Students English as An Additional Language IMPLICATIONS for outreach by institutions?

Changing Profile of ASE Students

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Think College chart on their website

www.thinkcollege.net

Differences Between High School and College

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Personal devices – tablet, ipad, iphone More interviews with Disability Support

Services Wider range of accommodations maybe the

approach Students entering post secondary are more

in tune with technology (all students)

Assistive Technology

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Definition: Individualized employment relationship whereby the employee and the employer have their needs met. Can include job-carving or self employment and assumes accommodations available.

Do we use CE principles in ASE programs/services?

Where are the employment services for your graduates?

Customized Employment

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SFU Faculty Kieran Egan Understandings Cognitive Tools What is the purpose of education? What is Imagination? How do we measure

engagement of imagination in learning? Website: www.ierg.ca

Imaginative Education

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“To imagine something is to think of it as possibly being so.” (White 1990)

What is Imagination?

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Binary opposites – safe/not safe on time/late Storytelling – there was a job where… Role-playing – be the customer Sense of Humour - videos Images - photos or graphic organizers or schedules Games ie. Jeopardy Collections: what do Employers want in an employee? Context change – be the employer or the expert Extremes and limits – WORKSAFE BC Search for truth – Employment standards! breaks

Sample of Applying IE to ASE

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Youtube.comBabylaughinghystericallyatrippingpaperoriginal (1.44)

Youtube.com.Salmonlifecyclesong (3.41) WorkSafebcvideos2014safetyman (.57) Which cognitive tools did we engage? Know which ones your students use and

push them to add more to their toolkit!

Examples of Engaging Us

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Work Accomplished Collaboration Success Stories Changing Programs to meet today’s

demands DRN Newsletter BCCAT Career Exploration BCCAT Skills

Authentication of ASE

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Recommended Readings

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Reading Courses Conferences Use of Cognitive Tools of Imaginative

Education in lesson planning and teaching Talking Stick

Implications for My Teaching

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ASE community collaboration Change agents and champions in their

workplace Leaders in Universal Design for Learning

before it had a trendy name! Community engagement with families,

schools, employers, other ministries,

Unexpected Research Results

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Think College advice on the website

How to work with a college to create a credential that an employer would recognize?

Do we focus on a buffet of options in post secondary?

Philosophical vs Ironic

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Thank You