Dr Dunzwieler
(Image Caption: Duzwieler (front right) with a few members of her “Learners with Special Needs Class” at APNTS.)
Dr. Dunzwieler is the Dean of the Graduate School and associate professor at AIIAS in Silang, Cavite, Philippines. She holds a Masters in Learning Disabilities and Severe Emotional Disturbance as well as a PhD in Leadership and Inclusive Education. She comments that she has greatly enjoyed being a facilitator for this class. She notes that she has learned much from teaching this course at APNTS. Many of her students have been actively involved or leading projects with non-government organizations. This had provided a new area of application for the “Learners with Special Needs” course.

 

One of her students responds that she has discovered that the philosophy of inclusivism is really the premise and model that Christ demonstrated. Rich, poor, weak, strong, they are all “included” into the work of the kingdom. Applied to the classroom, this means that education must be tailored to the learner. Another student from ethiopia comments that, inclusive education is about changing the way that we think about education so that we as educators are able to provide the education and training that students need to be successful, regardless of learning differences.

by Jarrett Davis
APNTS Communications Officer