mainstreaming
/ˈmeɪnstriːmɪŋ/
noun
- The practice of placing students with special needs into regular classrooms with their peers.
- Many educators support mainstreaming as a way to promote inclusion and diversity.
- The district invested in teacher training to improve mainstreaming for students with learning differences.
- The school's mainstreaming program helps children with disabilities learn alongside their classmates.
- The process of making something (such as an idea, product, or activity) become accepted as normal or standard by most people.
- Social media played a big role in the mainstreaming of plant-based diets.
- The mainstreaming of electric cars has accelerated in the last decade.
- The mainstreaming of remote work changed how companies think about office space.
Antonyms
adjective
- Relating to or involving the integration of people with special needs into regular groups or activities.
- Mainstreaming policies require extra support for teachers.
- She attended a mainstreaming summer camp for children of all abilities.
- The school adopted a mainstreaming approach for its art classes.