Student populations are becoming more diverse. The range of diversity among current students is wide thus requiring all school personnel to become familiar with how each respective population group needs to be supported to achieve their career goals. This group is for all school personnel who aspire to discuss and master the competencies necessary for exemplary performance and top customer service in a dynamic, rapidly changing education landscape. Group members share best practices, ideas, thoughts, reflections, and resources to help colleagues across the globe improve performance.
Ask a question from your peers to help you in your professional work. Seek different points of view on a topic that interests you. Start a thought-provoking conversation about a hot, current topic. Encourage your peers to join you in the discussion, and feel free to facilitate the discussion. As a community of educators, all members of the Career Ed Lounge are empowered to act as a discussion facilitator to help us all learn from each other.
Understanding the effects on learning.
Vicarious trauma what it entails.
May have difficulty processing information.
Do not silence the mother tongue.
Race is a social construct and, therefore, not a real or fair descriptor of anyone; cultures refers to how we all behave, what we do, what we like and where we spend our time. Both are important
Accepting diversity in the classroom.
Work towards not having them drop out because of poor performance and frustration
They need to be able to identify accomadations in post secondary levels.
These students need customized technology tools.
Take time to learn new materials.
They prefer participartory learning
They fear being out of contact!!!!
Use technology and small groups
Important to assess individual characteristics and learning styles
Do you think that stablishing a multicultural center in educative institutions can help to close the gap between diversity and inclusion in education?
I learned from this course to be a little more patient and understanding to students with learning disabilities.
Every student is going to react in different way when confronting them in certian situations.
The more diversified the instructors are the better for the learners with disabilities.
How do you create an inclusive learning environment in your classroom or online course?
This is a general discussion forum for the following learning topic:
Educating Students with Disabilities
Post what you've learned about this topic and how you intend to apply it. Feel free to post questions and comments too.
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