Pros and Cons of Inclusive Education

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Published on Saturday, 25 January 2020

Pros and Cons of Inclusive Education


By Nurul Novianti
The Harassment of children with special needs (ABK) is often found in the community. This is
inseparable from the lack of community empathy in treating ABK and create a wall of prejudice that
limits the relationship between disabilities and non-disabilities. As a result, many people with
disabilities are socializing only within the scope of fellow disabilities which make their social space
narrow and thus impacts on their psychic and social aspects in the future. In ordinary people, this
phenomenon only reaches the stage of sympathy (compassion) not to the stage of empathy. At the
empathy stage, people with disabilities and non-disabled people can understand and empower each
other.

The segregation of education between extraordinary schools (SLB) for children with special needs and
formal schools for normal children in general is the forerunner to cause why the above happened. The
concept of separation creates a separation wall which is getting wider. Therefore, the concept of
inclusive schools is expected to be able to answer these problems. However, the birth of the concept of
inclusive education raises the pros and cons in society. The pro-side lacks understanding and analysis
of events on the field and the contra-side lacks understanding of the material, foundation, and goals of
inclusive education.

Those who support the concept of inclusive education believe that all children have the right to receive
an equal and quality education. Although some children are born with limitations, all children have
different potential in themselves. An education expert from Harvard University named Howard
Gardneer argues that no human being is not intelligent and opposes the paradigm of the intelligent-not
intelligent dichotomy. From the concept of inclusive education is expected that ABK can compete and
develop themselves both intellectually and mentally in spite of their limitations.

The opposition, on the other hand, says that this concept still cannot be applied because there are still
many problems with the implementation of inclusive education which indicates the need for a more
comprehensive arrangement and reform. The main principles of education still require assessment as a
basis of implementation. This is because the main basis of inclusive education is "ABK" and the
accuracy of getting learning services "(Sunardi, 1995).

Gradually, the implementation of inclusive education needs to be built to enter the national education
system. A minimum of a few things can be started as a first step to lead the current regulations.
Equally importantly is trying to increase the real participation of all parties, collaborations and
partnerships, participatory methodologies, action research, and collaborative inquiry.
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