Profiles of Todays Learners

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Profiles of Todays Learners

• Chapter 4
• Amanda Fisher
• Hilary Bailey
• Tim Saxton

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Interest Approach

• Dangerous Minds
• Teacher and ex-marine Louanne Johnson accepts a
  full-time job at a East Palo Alto High School
  without realizing that the students in her class
  are highly intelligent, but with social problems.
  She either must give up or learn how to get the
  students' attention and help them learn.

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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4 Objectives

• Explain that young people in schools reflect
  diversity, yet share common characteristics
• Identify characteristics of learners present in
  elementary, middle, and high schools
• Describe how teaching styles are influenced by
  class diversity

• Cite examples of age and development related
  characteristics of grade levels
• Describe teacher characteristics associated with
  learner success at different grade levels
• Explain why its important to help learners
  develop sense of efficacy

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Chapter 4Varying Impressions of the Young

• View 1
• Negative
• Drug Abuse
• Increased Employment
• Role Models
• View 2
• Positive
• Drug Abuse
• Increase Employment
• Role Models

• Searching for the truth
• View 1
• General Public
• T.V. Newspapers
• View 2
• Statistics
• Many different perspectives are represented.

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Chapter 4Selected Characteristics of Todays
Learners

• Learners families
• The Nuclear Family is no longer the norm.
• Poverty and learners
• ¼ of our population lives in poverty.
• Minority-group learners
• Latino population
• Achievement Gap

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Chapter 4Selected Characteristics of Todays
Learners contd.

• Learners and violence
• Columbine High School
• Characteristics of Schools Prone to Violence
• Very young learners
• Day Care Facilities
• Is this fair?
• Learners with disabilities
• Individuals with Disabilities Act (1990)

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Chapter 4Selected Characteristics of Todays
Learners contd.

• Abused and Neglected Learners
• Mandated Reporting
• 4 Types of Abuse
• Physical
• Neglect
• Emotional
• Sexual

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Selected Characteristics of Todays Learners
contd.

• At-Risk Learners
• Risk Factors
• Dangerous Minds/Sister Act 2
• Learners School-to-School Mobility
• Students move from school to school.
• Why?

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Chapter 4Patterns of Development

• Preschool and kindergarten learners
• Grades 1-3
• Grades 4-6
• Grades 7-9
• Grades 10-12

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Patterns of DevelopmentPreschool Kindergarten

• Extremely active
• Regular rest periods
• Patients

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Patterns of DevelopmentGrades 1-3

• Need for physical activity
• High accident rates
• Sensitive toward childrens feelings
• High need for praise and recognition

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Patterns of DevelopmentGrades 4-6

• Girls vs. Boys
• Tend to set high stands for themselves
• Interest broaden
• Misbehavior is more prevalent
• Students challenge teacher

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Patterns of DevelopmentGrades 7-9

• Difficult to teach
• Diversity
• Variation of maturity levels
• Respond appropriately to emotional situations

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Patterns of DevelopmentGrades 10-12

• Searching for personal identity
• Seeking to become leaders
• Trying to be accepted
• Hard to motivate this age group
• Helpful to learn individual interests

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Chapter 4Developing a Sense of Efficacy

• Belief that you matter and are capable of making
  important contributions to the world

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Chapter 4Ways to Sense Efficacy

• What are the special characteristics of learns I
  expect to teach?
• Which of these characteristics am I prepared to
  respond to in ways that will enhance students
  personal growth and their mastery of important
  academic content?
• Is my knowledge of instructional approaches broad
  enough for me to respond to the needs of the
  learners I expect to teach? If not, how can I
  fill in my gaps?
• What is my level of comfort with day-to-day
  differences in learners patterns of behavior?
  Are my ideas on the issue fixed? If so, what
  does this information tell me about the kinds of
  learners I would be suited to teach?
• (In Text on page 105)

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Chapter 4Review

• Count off into groups of 5
• Each group will represent an age group in the
  development of students
• You will need to develop an activity that will
  suit your assigned age group, keeping the points
  covered in the patterns of development in mind