Diverse Learners Chapter 2

Factors contributing to Learning Styles Learning Styles…diverse ways of learning, comprehending, knowing Affective Factors: motivation, attitudes, values, emotions, frustration, curiosity, risks, locus of control Cognitive Factors: perceiving, organizing, retaining information Physiological Factors: hungry, tired, body rhythms, light, sound, temperature

Intelligence(s) The IQ score…developed early in the twentieth century, supposed to measure innate intelligence Multiple intelligences… “the capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural settings” logical mathematical, linguistic, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, existential What are multiple intelligences? (video) A Multiple Intelligences Lesson in Action (video)

Emotional Intelligence Knowing emotions: self awareness Managing emotions Motivating oneself Recognizing emotions in others Handling relationships So, what’s your EQ?

Cultural Diversity New Americans mainly from Latin America and Asia, also from the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe One in ten Americans is foreign born 2.5 million Native Americans, 10 million Asians, 6 million multiracial One out of three Americans is of color

Teaching Them All Lives are shaped by geography, ethnicity, exceptionality, social class, race, gender Generalize, but don’t stereotype Model skills and behaviors that reflect sensitivity A Challenging Student (video)

Teaching Them All Use classroom strategies that build on student learning styles Give equal instructional attention: biases toward females and males

Multicultural Education The Contributions Approach The Additive Approach The Transformation Approach The Social Action Approach

Bilingual Education s: The Permissive Period s: The Restrictive Period 1950s-1980s: The Opportunist Period 1980s-present: The Dismissive Period Lau v. Nichols. Led to Congress passing the Equal Educational Opportunities Act (EEOA) Transitional approach, maintenance approach, immersion approach NCLB emphasizes transition into English Assimilating the Alien (video)

Exceptional Learners Typically categorized: Students with: mental retardation, learning disabilities, emotional disturbance or behavior disorders, hearing and language impairments, visual impairments, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, other health and physical impairments, severe and multiple disabilities, gifted and talented students

Giftedness Specific academic ability Leadership Visual and performing arts Specific academic ability, general intellectual ability Creative thinking Enrichment, accelerated programs, advanced placement Including Students with Special Needs (video)

Special Education Zero reject Nondiscriminatory education Appropriate education Least-restrictive environment: mainstreaming, inclusion Procedural due process PL (1975), IDEA (1991)

Individualized Education Program (IEP) A statement of the student’s current performance, including long-term (annual) goals and short-term objectives A description of the nature and duration of the instructional services designed to meet the prescribed goals An overview of the methods of evaluation the will be used to monitor the child’s progress

Distribution of students served under IDEA Specific learning disabilities: 50% Speech or language impairments: 19% Mental retardation: 11% Emotional disturbance: 8% Multiple disabilities: 2% Hearing impairments: 1% Orthopedic impairments: 1% Autism: 1% Others: 6%