Module 4 - Individual DIfferences
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This document discusses individual differences among students and how diversity can be utilized in the classroom. It begins with having students fill out a form about their personal background, interests, strengths and weaknesses. It then discusses ways students are similar and different in terms of behavior, nationality, where they live, etc. It also lists factors that contribute to student diversity like socioeconomic status and learning styles. Finally, it outlines several benefits of student diversity for enhancing self-awareness, cognitive development, preparing students for leadership, and promoting social harmony.
Module 4 - Individual DIfferences
- 3. Pre-Activity name: age: gender: nationality: province: language/dialects spoken: hobbies/interests: favorite subjects: subject you are best in: subject you find difficult: ambition: (what you want to be in the future)
- 4. Analysis 1. In what ways are you and your classmates similar? 2. In what ways are you and your classmates different? 3. How does a girl differ from a boy in behavior? 4. In what ways does an American differ from a Filipino? 5. How does life in the province differ from that of the city?
- 5. Analysis 6. Are you glad you have similarities? Differences? Explain your answer. 7. How can the teacher utilize these similarities and differences in teaching you?
- 6. Factors that Bring About Student Diversity 1. Socioeconomic status 2. Thinking/learning styles 3. Exceptionalities
- 8. 1. Students’ self-awareness is enhanced in diversity ➢ Exposing students to others with diverse backgrounds and experiences also serves to help students focus on their awareness of themselves. When they see how others are different, students are given reference points or comparative perspectives which sharpen assessment of their own attitudes, values, and behaviors.
- 9. 2. Student diversity contributes to cognitive development “The classroom is peculiarly the ‘marketplace of ideas’” -William J. Brennan, SCJ “The more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our concept of this thing, our objectivity be.” -Nietzsche
- 10. 3. Student diversity prepares learners for their role as responsible leaders 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.” Furthermore, she argues: “The classroom can provide more than just theory given by the teacher in a lecture. With student diversity, the classroom becomes a “public place’ where community can be practiced.
- 11. 4. Student diversity can promote harmony. ➢ When student diversity is integrated into the classroom teaching and learning process, it can become a vehicle for promoting harmonious race relations. Through student-centered teaching strategies, diverse students can be encourage to interact and collaborate with one another on learning tasks that emphasize unity of effort while capitalizing on their diversity of backgrounds.