Timeline for Learning Disabled Students and Untenable Instructor Workloads
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| Sep 3, 2021 at 17:33 | comment | added | B flat | Yes, treating people as individuals would be ideal given infinite time and resources. Categorization isn’t ideal but may be practica and is often used in many areas of life to make things better. If the average disabled students requires extra care over other students on behalf of the teacher, then I would think we could use this categorization to help the situation. Although I do understand your point. | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 17:14 | comment | added | Wolfgang Bangerth | @Bflat I agree it's not practical unless their disability is that they are hard of hearing. The issue at hand is that it is very hard to define what "disability" actually entails in a context. It is about the needs of someone, not that they are disabled. And it is that the needs of people drive workload, not the fact that they are disabled. | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 6:23 | comment | added | B flat | You mentioned that "there is no reasonable way to say that someone cannot teach 1000 disabled students..." That may be true but it is not practical. If 1000 physically disabled students showed up a 1000 person capacity lake, I would think the lifeguards might ask for some backup from the lake supervisor to ensure a reasonable level of safety don't you think? I think what's missing here is practicality. | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 5:52 | comment | added | B flat | @Wolfgang Wow! Thank you for your incite and you make strong points. On a side note... although I agree that lawsuits shouldn't be needed, they are sometimes exactly what's needed. Often the threat of a lawsuit is enough. Yes, I have to agree that it's not optimal for some relations, however, it can also be very beneficial for some relations. I have experience with this and do not regret doing the right thing even though it disrupted some of my relationships on campus. It strengthened and improved the lives of many others on campus and was worth it. : ) | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 1:57 | comment | added | Elizabeth Henning | @AlexanderWoo It's not just about resources. American higher ed in general has a long and dishonorable tradition of treating students with learning differences like crap. | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 0:49 | comment | added | Alexander Woo | Color me cynical, but my guess is that the administration de facto wants the instructor to quit so that they can be replaced with someone who will just pass all these students without a serious attempt at helping them learn anything. Almost all public universities in the US are under serious political pressure to look like they have as many successful students as possible without sufficient resources to actually help them succeed (as opposed to having the appearance of success). | |
| Sep 3, 2021 at 0:29 | history | answered | Wolfgang Bangerth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |