INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCESJERICO JULATONPHELIA ERICKA TAQUISOANGINEHT MALALA

Individual Differences

(Student Diversity)

Individual Differences

Factors

Benefits Of Diversity In The

Classroom

Classroom Strategies For

Student Diversity

FACTORS THAT BRING ABOUT STUDENT DIVERSITY

1. Socioeconomic status – The millionaires’ lifestyles differs from that of the middle income or lower income group.

2. Thinking/ learning style – Some of you learn better by seeing something; others by just listening; and still others by manipulating something.

3. Exceptionalities – In class there maybe one who has difficulty in spoken language comprehension or in seeing, hearing, etc.

HOW STUDENT DIVERSITY ENRICHES THE LEARNING

ENVIRONMENT

1. STUDENTS’ SELF-AWARENESS IS ENHANCED BY DIVERSITY.

Exposing students to others with diverse backgrounds and experiences also serves to help students focus on their awareness of themselves .

2. STUDENTS DIVERSITY CONTRIBUTES TO COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

The opportunity to gain access to the perspective of peers and to learn from other students, rather than the instructor only, may be especially important for promoting the cognitive development of learners.

3. STUDENTS DIVERSITY PREPARES LEARNERS FOR THEIR ROLE AS RESPONSIBLE MEMEBERS OF SOCIETY.Suzanne Morse stresses one competency that has strong implications for instructional strategies that capitalize on diversity. “The capacity to imagine situations or problems from all perspectives and to appreciate all aspects of diversity.”

4. STUDENT DIVERSITY CAN PROMOTE HARMONY.

When student diversity is integrated in to the classroom teaching and learning process, it can become a vehicle for promoting harmonious race relations.