Addressing today's diverse learners

✍ Scribed by Amy Kahn; Phyllis Hillwig

• Book ID: 102398768
• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 99 KB
• Volume: 1
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2041-8418
• DOI: 10.1002/jpoc.20014

✦ Synopsis

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iversity work has permeated organizations of all sizes and in all sectors, from large corporations and government agencies to schools and nonprofi ts. Every aspect of how organizations operate refl ects this work. Th is article focuses on how diversity principles and best practices apply to learners and the learning process. It addresses learning in schools, colleges, corporations, and online, and how to accommodate the needs of diverse learners.

Each of us has our own perspective on what diversity means. Most people start listing diff erences such as appearance, race, age, sexual orientation, and sex as dimensions of diversity that should be considered. Others might include disability and religion in their example. In the classroom environment, it is important that when we refer to diverse learners, the term broadens to include students' individual learning and communication styles, abilities, disabilities, profi ciencies, and talents. In its most literal form, diversity means variety or diff erences. In the context of contemporary business literature, the most common defi nition is that diversity (Baytos