Education
BARRIERS TO LEARNING IN SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT IN S.A CONTEXT
Education is essential to the success of the individual and communities. Public schools are charged with the responsibility of preparing students for college/university; while college/university are expected to prepare students for the work force. An inclusive approach to teaching; learning and assessment is forseen in the ‘The Revised National Curriculum Statement’, as part of this result we as teachers need to address barriers that learners may experience. As teachers we will only succeed in doing this if we are aware of social; emotional; physical as well as other barriers our students may experience. The success or failure of individual students depends on their ability to learn, it’s also important to remember that barriers don’t necessarily exist all the time(or from the get go), but can occur suddenly due to change in circumstances; emotional trauma as well as a variety of other factors.
BARRIERS TO LEARNING CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 4GROUPS MAINLY:
1.SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
2.SOCIETAL BARRIERS
3.PEDAGOGICAL BARRIERS
4.MEDICAL BARRIERS
The above mentioned barriers are not a complete account of all barriers students can experience, for example: Down ; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; .Autism; Cerebral Palsy or Epilepsy, to name but a few.
I will go on to explain in only a few short sentences which each of the above mentioned barriers entails:
1.SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
There are a few problems in our educational system that can contribute to conditions that may cause barriers to learning: Lack of basic and appropriate learning material; Lack of assistive devices; inadequate facilities in schools; overcrowded classrooms as well as lack of mother-tongue speakers. We as future teachers have to try get the necessary resources even though the inadequate number of schools and available classrooms restricts the effort to supply in the need for education. I as a teacher would look into starting charity fundraisers
Education is essential to the success of the individual and communities. Public schools are charged with the responsibility of preparing students for college/university; while college/university are expected to prepare students for the work force. An inclusive approach to teaching; learning and assessment is forseen in the ‘The Revised National Curriculum Statement’, as part of this result we as teachers need to address barriers that learners may experience. As teachers we will only succeed in doing this if we are aware of social; emotional; physical as well as other barriers our students may experience. The success or failure of individual students depends on their ability to learn, it’s also important to remember that barriers don’t necessarily exist all the time(or from the get go), but can occur suddenly due to change in circumstances; emotional trauma as well as a variety of other factors.
BARRIERS TO LEARNING CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 4GROUPS MAINLY:
1.SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
2.SOCIETAL BARRIERS
3.PEDAGOGICAL BARRIERS
4.MEDICAL BARRIERS
The above mentioned barriers are not a complete account of all barriers students can experience, for example: Down ; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; .Autism; Cerebral Palsy or Epilepsy, to name but a few.
I will go on to explain in only a few short sentences which each of the above mentioned barriers entails:
1.SYSTEMIC BARRIERS
There are a few problems in our educational system that can contribute to conditions that may cause barriers to learning: Lack of basic and appropriate learning material; Lack of assistive devices; inadequate facilities in schools; overcrowded classrooms as well as lack of mother-tongue speakers. We as future teachers have to try get the necessary resources even though the inadequate number of schools and available classrooms restricts the effort to supply in the need for education. I as a teacher would look into starting charity fundraisers