4. 1. Socioeconomic status – The millionaires’ lifestyles
differs from that of the middle income or lower
income group.
2. Thinking/ learning style – Some of you learn better by
seeing something; others by just listening; and still
others by manipulating something.
3. Exceptionalities – In class there maybe one who has
difficulty in spoken language comprehension or in
seeing, hearing, etc.
6. 1. STUDENTS’ SELF-AWARENESS IS
ENHANCED
BY DIVERSITY.
Exposing students to others with diverse
backgrounds and experiences also serves to
help students focus on their awareness of
themselves .
7. 2. STUDENTS DIVERSITY
CONTRIBUTES TO COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT
The opportunity to gain access to the
perspective of peers and to learn from
other students, rather than the instructor
only, may be especially important for
promoting the cognitive development of
learners.
8. 3. STUDENTS DIVERSITY PREPARES
LEARNERS FOR THEIR ROLE AS
RESPONSIBLE MEMEBERS 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.”
9. 4. STUDENT DIVERSITY CAN
PROMOTE HARMONY.
When student diversity is integrated in to
the classroom teaching and learning
process, it can become a vehicle for
promoting harmonious race relations.