STUDENT DIVERSITY
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FACTORS THAT BRING ABOUT STUDENT DIVERSITY
SOCIOECONOMIC THINKING/LEARNING
EXCEPTIONALITIES
STATUS STYLE
Students’ self-awareness is enhanced by
diversity
BENEFITS AND
OPPORTUNITIES Student diversity contributes to the
cognitive development
FROM STUDENT
DIVERSITY IN A Student diversity prepares learners for their
LEARNING role as responsible members of the society
ENVIRONMENT
Student diversity can promote harmony
Tips to Encourage learners to share their personal history and
experiences
Maximize Integrate learning experiences and activities which promote
students’ multicultural and cross-cultural awareness
Benefits Aside from highlighting diversity, identify patterns of unity
that transcend group differences
from Communicate high expectations to students from subgroups
Student Use varied instructional methods to accommodate student
diversity in learning styles
Diversity
Tips to Maximize Benefits from
Student Diversity (con’t)
6. Vary the examples you use to illustrate concepts in order to provide
multiple contexts that are relevant to students from diverse
backgrounds
7. Adapt to 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
8. Diversify your methods of assessing and evaluating student learning
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.