Intro to learning barriers
and learner diversity
WHAT IS LEARNER DIVERSITY?
“Having a diverse group of learners simply means recognizing that people are unique in their own way. When we look into our classrooms we will observe that there are learners from different socio-economic, language, cultural, religious, ethnic, racial, gender, …ability groups etc. All these learners come to school with different experiences. We therefore can see that we have rich diversity in the learner population.”
WHAT ARE LEARNING BARRIERS?
“In all classrooms learners have diverse learning needs.” Some of these learners experience barriers to learning and require support within the mainstream classroom “For example:
Learners who have difficulty in reading and writing;
Learners with hearing, visual and coordination difficulties;
Learners living in poverty;
Learners with health and emotional difficulties;
Learners experiencing difficulties in remembering what has been taught to them and
Learners who need assistive devices and adapted materials such as Braille.”
(CAPS document: Responding to Learner Diversity in the Classroom)
“Having a diverse group of learners simply means recognizing that people are unique in their own way. When we look into our classrooms we will observe that there are learners from different socio-economic, language, cultural, religious, ethnic, racial, gender, …ability groups etc. All these learners come to school with different experiences. We therefore can see that we have rich diversity in the learner population.”
WHAT ARE LEARNING BARRIERS?
“In all classrooms learners have diverse learning needs.” Some of these learners experience barriers to learning and require support within the mainstream classroom “For example:
Learners who have difficulty in reading and writing;
Learners with hearing, visual and coordination difficulties;
Learners living in poverty;
Learners with health and emotional difficulties;
Learners experiencing difficulties in remembering what has been taught to them and
Learners who need assistive devices and adapted materials such as Braille.”
(CAPS document: Responding to Learner Diversity in the Classroom)