After viewing the Fear, Anxiety and Tension Workshop videos, I now realize that sometimes students may develop a learning disability based off of how the teacher acts, responses, and teaches his/her class. Another key factor that can affect a student’s ability to learn is what teachers say and how they say it. This is one concept that I plan to focus a great deal on, because I do not be the one to hinder my students from learning what they need to know in order to move forward. In each video, the instructor’s tone of voice and choice of words stood out to me. The students in the class felt very threatened by the teacher and so did I and I wasn’t even in the classroom. I definitely would not be able to learn with that style of teaching …show more content…
Another perspective that I have regarding students with disabilities is that they do not need to be rushed to answer or respond to a question. They need to be provided with ample time to respond, so that they can think without just blurting out something. Providing ample time for them to respond will also make them feel more comfortable about being in a classroom surround by other students, who may learn differently. Allow students to use their thinking caps. The students in this video did not even have time to be creative. It was like the teacher asked one question after another. The style and rate at which the class was being taught was like at the AP or Pre AP level, which even those classes should not be taught like this. The speed or rate was hasty. I like the examples and comparisons that the instructor gave of students. I have never considered evaluating a class in that manner, but I will moving forward. This will definitely help with students’ comprehension levels and my ability to teach all students, regardless of how they learn. The teacher explained the difference between the channels in which a student’s brain functions as far as a student that may be easily distracted and a student that may have a short attention span. He explained the breakdown of how the function. The explanation is listed …show more content…
“He can’t focus on anything (everything gets his attention),” the teacher stated. LD and the Auditory Learner Auditory learners are students that learn by being read to, so that they can get the information in their ears. They understand it better that way, they can’t understand it through their eyes. This is the importance of books being put on tape. One perspective that I learned from watching this video about students with learning disabilities is that it is very important to get to know your students, so that you can learn the best way to teach them what they need to know. Reading and Decoding Some of the students may have difficulty with reversal. The instructor talked about the things that we were taught in school comparing it to a watch. The watch no matter what direction that it was turned never changed what it was being called. He talked about Spatial Orientation and gave an example of a lady in a skirt telling her 1st grade students to forget everything that they know, because Spatial Orientation can change depending on how an object is turned, which means that an object’s name can change based off of what it appears to
Darrow advocates that music education is just as important for students with hearing loss as it is for those without. Students with hearing loss often have just as much a desire and interest to learn music as any other student and should not be withheld from the opportunity to explore and learn about this field. Darrow states that one of the most important adaptive strategies for teaching students with hearing losses is “the use of visual and tactile aids.” It is also mentioned that “special attention should be given to [appropriate] am...
I have had no experience with students who have a physical disability or have particular cultural requirements. Therefore, I will continually seek advice and direction from my experienced colleagues to develop my teaching skills. To become an authentic and effective teacher, I will need to know my students and how they learn, as outlined in The Australian Professional Teaching Standards (1.1 - 1.6 AITSL, 2011). Furthermore, to create the most effective learning environment for my students, I will need to continue to learn and improve my current skills and knowledge (6.1 - 6.4 AITSL,
Students with disabilities are not the only students who can benefit from creative tasks, projects, and assessments. A positive and caring approach to dealing with all student regardless of culture, disability or any other thing that make then different from the norm is key to the success of all concerned.
This will also give hearing people an understanding of how Deafness plays a role in everyday life of a D/deaf person, not only the D/DEAF person but also individuals surrounding
“If you would just get up and teach them instead of handing them a packet. There’s kids in here that don’t learn like that. They need to learn face to face. I’m telling you what you need to do. You can’t expect a kid to change if all you do is just tell ‘em.” Texas student, Jeff Bliss, decided to take a stand against the lack of teaching going on in his class (Broderick).
Learning disabilities are very common among students in today’s society. Some students have specific needs that must be met in order for them to learn, while other students are not getting the help that they need to succeed in the classroom. Reading disabilities, related to the disability of dyslexia (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2014), can be met with certain assistive technology that can make learning to read easier for the students. A type of assistive technology that helps reading disabilities is an audio book that allows students to hear the book read to them with the option of following along (Raskind & Stanberry, 2010). Audio books allow the students to focus on the purpose of the book; rather than struggling to read the book and focus on what the book is trying to explain. Since this type of assistive technology reads out loud to the students, it can guide them to learn how to read certain words correctly and how to grasp the concepts of the book easier. A specific type of an audio book source is Audible (Raskind & Stanberry, 2010), which allows the user to download and auto book on to a “smartphone, tablet, or desktop” (Audible Inc., 2014, p. 1). This source benefits students because they can listen to book in a classroom setting or they can listen to the book at home, especially when writing a book report.
Students with learning disabilities can learn; each student has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. Educators must continue to focus on the strengths of each student and building on them, creating a stronger student and person. Identifying the weakness is at the core of getting a student help with their learning disability, but after this initial identification and placement, the focus should shift to the strengths and adjusting the student’s schoolwork to reflect these strengths. For instance, if a student is weak in reading but has wonderful group interaction skills and is good with his or her hands, the students' reading tasks should then be shifted to reflect these st...
Today’s classroom looks vastly different than classrooms even a decade ago. Teachers today need to be aware of different impairments and the impact it has on the tools they will be using to aid all of their students ability to reach their full potential. Students with cognitive impairments bring with them a unique set of challenges for the student and teacher to both overcome. Cognitive impairments encompass a vast array of qualifiers which makes accommodating for the student seem more problematic than is the reality. So what qualifies as a cognitive impairment? Dove (2012) highlights “attention, memory, self-regulation, navigation, emotion recognition and management, planning, and sequencing activity” as some cognitive processes that provide hurdles for students with cognition deficiencies. However, as Katsioloudis and Jones (2013) note, other cognitive disabilities include traumatic brain injuries, autism, and learning disabilities among others.
Different schools don 't consider this methodology beneficial for the greater part of the understudies in the classroom. There are both positive and negative examinations on these points and notions. Studies have demonstrated that youngsters with incapacities can be profited by this educating style. They are held at a higher standard, and sometimes perform that way. There are cases additionally where this kind of educating is not as fruitful. The danger of youngsters with specific inabilities turning into a diversion is genuine. As we take a gander at instructive methodologies of the past, we see some shocking systems. Crippled kids decades back had two conceivable decisions for instruction. They were either taught at home or went into the all inclusive community of understudies in government funded
Several assistive listening devices can improve the communication ability of deaf children. According to IDEA, every child with a disability is entitled to have access to assistive technology (California Department of Education, 2004). The California Department of Education (2004) outlines IDEA’s definition of an assistive technology device. It explains that this device consists of “any item, piece of equipment or product system…that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability” (California Department of Education, 2004, p. 1).
I liked discussing how each quality can be incorporated into that classroom and how they can benefit the working environment. Though we talked about several different qualities, I believe that the “healing” characteristic is the most challenging for me. Though I am sensitive by nature, I have found myself become more callused towards how a student’s performance is linked to their disability due to the level of special education that I work in. I work with students’ labeled as having learning disabilities. These students are one track below the general education curriculum and I feel most are placed at my level due to laziness (that is my callused thinking). Though I they need the help, it is the lack of homework turn in, effort put towards their work and their “I don’t care” statements I hear on a daily basis that frustrates me in my efforts to help them. Another reason why I believe I am becoming calloused is because of the parents. During past teacher conferences, I had a few parents try to use their child’s disability as an excuse to why they were not completing homework, their excessive amount of tardiness to class, and the number of times they check their cell phone during class. I enjoy having a relationship with parents, but one of my biggest peeves is when individuals use their disability as excuse to why they cannot do a task before they even
As we all are fully aware, each student is diverse and has special needs when it comes to learning. There are three types of learners: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Visual learners learn best when shown how to do an assignment. They prefer diagrams, pictures, and charts. Simply allowing your class to create flashcards and color coding notes can help these types of learners memorize the information. Our brain organizes information through a process. Creating flow charts will help the brain map out the information from the lesson given. Auditory learners learn best when a teacher presents information by talking to the student. When directions are read aloud, they tend to succeed. Allowing time for students to discuss the material in a group before moving on to the next is beneficial for these types of learners. Kinesthetic learners are learners who excel when engaged in the learning activity. By participating in labs, skits, and presentations, they acquire the information faster. Starting the class with a few warm up activities, next a lecture, then a classroom discussion, and wrapping up with a review will help all types of learning styles. Without the knowledge from psychologists about the different types of learners and their special needs, teachers would not know how to respond to their students who may struggle with the material given.
Technology has advanced our school systems and provides many new and helpful products into the classrooms. Technology has also provided specialized products for students that are hearing impaired. There is no lack of opportunities for the deaf and hard of hearing in the school system. There are many ways to innovate the way they learn.
The first student was Nathan, who struggled with phonemic awareness. I was interesting in seeing Nathan’s problems rhyming and how that was how his disability was diagnosed. His disabily was only seen in his written language and did not influence his communication skills. I thought that it was interested in hearing that a student’s avoidance of something that’s hard can be commonly mistaken for attentional issues. While I was watching the video I came up with ideas that I thought that the special education teacher should do with Nathan. Some of my ideas were for Nathan to work on
In today’s America, the educational system has been blaming teachers for the failure of students. This pressure put on teachers causes a lot of unneeded stress and can even be demoralizing. Instructors are always trying to put the student’s