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    This document discusses student diversity in the classroom and strategies for teaching diverse students. It defines individual differences that contribute to student diversity, such as socioeconomic status, learning styles, and exceptionalities. A diverse classroom benefits students by enhancing self-awareness, promoting cognitive development, and preparing students for society. The document provides tips for teachers to address diversity, including encouraging sharing of experiences, using varied instructional methods and assessments, and forming diverse small groups. The overall message is that diversity enriches learning when teachers respect differences and implement strategies to engage all students.

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    This document discusses student diversity in the classroom and strategies for teaching diverse students. It defines individual differences that contribute to student diversity, such as socioeconomic status, learning styles, and exceptionalities. A diverse classroom benefits students by enhancing self-awareness, promoting cognitive development, and preparing students for society. The document provides tips for teachers to address diversity, including encouraging sharing of experiences, using varied instructional methods and assessments, and forming diverse small groups. The overall message is that diversity enriches learning when teachers respect differences and implement strategies to engage all students.

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    This document discusses student diversity in the classroom and strategies for teaching diverse students. It defines individual differences that contribute to student diversity, such as socioeconomic status, learning styles, and exceptionalities. A diverse classroom benefits students by enhancing self-awareness, promoting cognitive development, and preparing students for society. The document provides tips for teachers to address diversity, including encouraging sharing of experiences, using varied instructional methods and assessments, and forming diverse small groups. The overall message is that diversity enriches learning when teachers respect differences and implement strategies to engage all students.

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    This document discusses student diversity in the classroom and strategies for teaching diverse students. It defines individual differences that contribute to student diversity, such as socioeconomic status, learning styles, and exceptionalities. A diverse classroom benefits students by enhancing self-awareness, promoting cognitive development, and preparing students for society. The document provides tips for teachers to address diversity, including encouraging sharing of experiences, using varied instructional methods and assessments, and forming diverse small groups. The overall message is that diversity enriches learning when teachers respect differences and implement strategies to engage all students.

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    MODULE4: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

    STUDENT DIVERSITY

    “Everyone is unique”

    Individual Differences
    (Student Diversity)

    Individual Classroom
    Benefits of
    Differences Strategies for
    Diversity in the
    Factors Student Diversity
    Classroom

     Differences present in classroom set-up: gender, race, ethnic and


    cultural background (nationality, province, language).
    Factors that Bring about Student Diversity:
    1. Socioeconomic status- millionaires’ lifestyle differs from that of the middle
    income or lower income group.
    2. Thinking/ Learning Style- learning better through; seeing, listening
    and/or manipulating something.
    3. Exceptionalities- difficulties (ex. Spoken language comprehension, seeing,
    hearing and etc.)
    How Student Diversity Enriches the Learning Environment
    “A wise teacher may choose to respect and celebrate diversity!”
    1. Student’s self-awareness is enhanced by diversity- exposure to diverse
    background and experiences gives students’ reference points to assess their
    own attitudes, values and behaviors.
    2. Student diversity contributes to cognitive development- classroom is said
    to be ‘marketplace of ideas’, classroom contains different point of view and
    variety of learning process.
    3. Student diversity prepares learners for their role as responsible member of
    the society- “The classroom can provide more than just theory given by the
    teacher in a lecture. With student diversity, classroom become ‘public place’
    where community can be practiced. ”
    4. Student diversity can promote harmony- diverse students can interact and
    collaborate with one another on learning tasks that emphasizes unity of effort,
    promoting harmonious race relations and diversity.
    Some Tips on Student Diversity
    1. Encourage learners to share their personal history and experiences-
    realizing commonalities and differences with others.
    2. Integrate learning experiences and activities which promote students’
    multicultural and cross-cultural awareness
     Encourage/initiate co-curricular experiences that aimed at promoting
    diversity awareness. (ex. Disability Awareness week, Linggo ng Wika,
    Indigenous People’s Week, etc.)
     Students interviewing other students on campus who are from diverse
    backgrounds.
     Invite students towards Internet discussion to “visit” and “talk” to foreign
    people.
     Let students share their experiences about prejudice and discrimination
    among the members of the class.
    3. Aside from highlighting diversity, identify patterns of unity that transcend
    group differences- “Every human is, at the same time, like all other humans,
    and like no other human.” We are the same in different ways.
     Biological reality of Human beings: 95% of our genes are common and
    less than 5% are accounted for the physical differences that exist
    amongst us.
     Placing homogenous groups basing from demographic characteristics
    and identify key differences across groups.
     Increase student awareness that humans who are members of different
    groups can be members of the same group and share similar experience,
    needs and concerns.
    4. Communicate high expectations to students from all subgroups- elicit
    student involvement.
     effective questioning techniques
     assigning role of reporting in small-group discussions
     having them engage in paired discussion with classmate
    5. Use varied instructional methods to accommodate student diversity in
    learning styles
     Sensory/perceptual modalities (oral, in print, diagrammatic and pictorial
    representations, or ‘hands on’ experiences)
     Formats and procedures;
    o Student-centered(ex. group work) and teacher-centered(ex.
    demonstrations)
    o Unstructured (ex. Trials-and-error discovery learning) and
    structured(ex. step-by-step instruction)
    o Independent learning(ex. individual presentations) and
    interdependent learning(ex. collaborative tasks)
    6. Vary the examples you use to illustrate concepts in order to provide
    multiple contexts that are relevant to students from diverse background
     Select examples and illustrations that are relevant to their personal
    interests and life experiences
     Use ideas, comments and questions raised in class
     Ask students to provide own example drawn from personal lives
     Have students apply concepts through relevant life situations and
    contexts
    7. Adapt to the students’ diverse backgrounds and learning styles by allowing
    them personal choice and decision-making opportunities concerning what
    they will learn and how they will learn it
     Promote positive student attitude towards subject matter
     Foster positive interaction among students
     Have student work more independently
    8. Diversify your methods of assessing and evaluating student learning
     Individually-delivered oral reports
     Panel presentations
     Group projects
     Visual presentation (ex. Slide, concept map, ppt, exhibits, etc.)
     Dramatic vignettes
    9. Purposely, form small-discussion groups of students from diverse
    backgrounds. You can form groups of students with different learning
    styles, different cultural background, etc.
     Benefits and advantage of peer-learning groups; instructor will not be
    perceived as the ultimate or absolute authority, and students can be
    exposed to the perspective of other students

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