Diversity enriches usPaper
The world in black and white would seem quite dreary and monotonous to us, who know it in many colors and shades. The colors make it diverse, enliven it, make it more interesting. It is similar with people. In a way, we are the same, yet so very different. How to teach in a classroom of pupils with special needs, where this diversity consists of special features of pupils, such as autism, disability or lack of language knowledge? In this article, we have presented some ways and possibilities we can use to involve pupils in active participation in different parts of a lesson; in these ways they can - despite their special needs - not only participate, but also progress, learn from each other and grow on a personal level. There is also a part of the winter school in nature presented, where we successfully integrated pupils with special needs with those in the regular school programme. The advantage of our school is that both schools - the primary school with a regular program and the school for children with special needs coexist in the same building; this makes it easier for us to collaborate regularly, and in addition, we are constantly learning from each other. In addition to pupils being able to move from one programme to another, they often participate very well and successfully in a variety of events. The school thus lives as a whole, as we do not separate individual activities into those intended only for students of one or the other school.