CONCEPTUAL MAP'S COMPARISON Los Gochos vs Othersiders (Marta Alonso)

Los Gochos’s conceptual map gathers all the information about inclusive education in four grate points which are Cooperative learning, Innovation, Classroom environment and Educational Communities. In contrast our conceptual map is divided in more branches where the main points about the same topic (inclusive education) are written.  They focused the importance in just four points and we did it in more branches dividing the main concepts for a better explanation of terms.

One of our branches was cooperation, as concepts inside it, we mixed other two:  teamwork which is the way students work in inclusive education and share their ideas and the relationship between different structures as students, parents, teachers who collaborate in the creation of the educational community which is searched in inclusive education. Los Gochos gave lot of importance to the paper of each structure inside the educational communities. In the school’s role they include the curriculum changes for students needs and we included this point inside the branch of the generation of 21^st century where we related the need of including ITC in the curriculum so this is followed by the curriculum change and the teacher’s formation.  They also include inside the student’s role different capacities as active role, responsibility and autonomy. We gave more importance to the aspect of individuality understood as the authenticity of each student without ha having in mind the social, physical o ethnic differences and the contribution all them can make gathering their capacities.  They select a bit of this context about respect, integration, equity, diversity inside the great point of classroom environment and also include teamwork as our team.  We selected as a very important point the attitude that inclusive education defends for student’s life in two main points. We explained concepts as tolerance, respect, equality and the main role that the students receive because according to inclusive education everything should revolve around the student. Students are who need to solve the problems in a common way and the teacher should prepare their classes according to each student necessities.  We also gave lot of importance to the point of view that inclusive education has about what education is for children. Education is part of their life so the main objective is learning things they will need for the future in an educative environment full of real experiences such as their lives. Los gochos did not give importance to this point. In contrast we did not add deep information about family’s role in this type of education which is something really different from traditional education. It is so different because they have an active participation in the school offering their help and above all is so important the trust they give to teachers which do not exist in most of the schools. Gochos selected as an important point cooperative learning as the methodology to follow. Inside this branch the included the main tools for classes such as helping each other, dialogue, individuality  concept we gave extra importance), engagement.  Finally the see inclusive education as a mix of innovations related the adaptation to the society where teachers and students are always improving. (We covered this point inside 21^st century generation).