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INDIVIDUAL
DIFFERENCES
“
Everyone is unique.
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)
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?
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?
Factors that Bring About Student
Diversity
1. Socioeconomic status
2. Thinking/learning styles
3. Exceptionalities
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.
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
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.
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.

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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
  • 7.
  • 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.