EDUC 5710-01 Understanding Barriers to Learning - AY2025-T1 Course nameEDUC 5710

This assignment assesses your skills and knowledge on: Examining strategies for addressing diversity in the classroom Examining the study of religions and worldviews in schools and its impact on educators Assignment Imagine you are a teacher in a classroom filled with students from different backgrounds, abilities, and interests. Your goal is to create a learning environment where every student feels valued and can succeed. Before you begin to write this week’s reflection, ask yourself how you will create this environment...

Considering the information you received in this unit examine and reect on your emotional reaction to teaching students with racial/ethnic or gender or socio-economic or cultural/linguistic variability. Out of the following, racial/ethnic or gender or socioeconomic or cultural/linguistic variability, which would you nd to be more challenging to deal with in the classroom? Do you think your pre-service Teacher Training Program has adequately prepared you to acknowledge and address with empathy: racial/ethnic...

Please refer to the article ‘Changing student teachers’ attitudes towards disability and inclusion’ in the Unit 4 reading list. The study in this article addressed the question of whether raising awareness of one disability (in this case Down Syndrome), through integrated university study and fieldwork, could lead to changes not only in knowledge and attitudes regarding that particular disability but also to attitudes towards disability in general. Examine the choice of Down Syndrome as the disability...

Watch the video ‘Accommodations and modifications for students with disabilities’. a) In the video, parents interact with teachers on behalf of their children. What is your reaction to the parents’ role in thisvideo? Does this interaction between parent and teacher happen in your school district? b) In the video, students sit around a table. Do you prefer to teach in a classroom where students sit around a table or do youprefer to teach in a classroom with rows of desks? Analyze the reasons and implications of your preference. Intrinsic motivation is the desire to learn or obtain something that relates primarily to intangible value...

As you progress through this course it is important for you to reflect on your reactions to teaching and working with students that have a physical or psychological impairment or have cultural, gender, socio-economic or linguistic differences. Starting with the information in this Unit, examine and reflect on your emotional reaction to teaching students with physical or sensory or other health impairments. If you experience feelings of uncertainty, please reflect on how to possibly overcome these feelings...

Consider educational practice in your country. Do you see a tendency to accept ALL students of a certain age or grade level? Or are studentsnot being accepted because of certain physical or cognitive conditions, or race/ethnicity? Examine the implications and consequences ofacceptance and non-acceptance. Educational practice in the Russian Federation According to Article 43 of the Russian Constitution (n.d.), everyone has the right to education. The State guarantees universally accessible and free pre-school, basic general and secondary vocational education in state or municipal educational establishments and enterprises...