Week 2: Blog Post

The knowledge that I acquired as I conducted my research was the history of inclusion, the change in terminology, and the variations of preschool inclusive programs. For instance, the change in terminology was encouraged in part by the philosophy that inclusion needed to mean more than only physical placement of children with disabilities in the same classroom (Buysse, & Soukakou, 2011 p.2).

The new search strategies that I used as I conducted my research was using specific search terms related to my topic. Also, I limited my search to domain searches such as .edu. I saved and bookmarked the sources. I enjoyed using the Leatherby Libraries website because it allowed me opportunity to create a folder and narrow my search by selecting full text contents.

This was the first time that I used online reference sources such as Leatherby Libraries and Google scholar I was very excited to further conduct my research from these and other sources. Personally, I think that using the document “Evaluating Information-Applying the CRAAP Test” was very beneficial because I was able to evaluated the sources and narrow down list by relevance and authority. The specific aspect that I wish to further research on is the impact of inclusion on young children with disabilities.

 Reference:

Odom, S. L., Buysse, V., & Soukakou, E. (2011). Inclusion for Young Children with Disabilities: A Quarter Century of Research Perspectives. Journal of Early Intervention, 33(4), 344-356. doi:10.1177/1053815111430094