hi could someone please explain what are barriers to learning?
thanks
Barriers To Learning
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Re: Barriers To Learning
Emotional and Health barriers – these may include factors such as chronic illnesses that prevent children from attending school or could indicate poor health of family members, including things like substance by parents that may cause them to not take the child to school regularly.
Financial Issues – for instance children who are undernourished will find it very difficult to concentrate at school, no matter how regularly they attend. Issues such as lack of access to adequate childcare, inadequate availability of learning resources and crime and violence also often occur in very poor communities.
Cultural and Social Issues – Children may be discriminated against based on their race or gender and prevented from attending school because of these factors. Think of societies in which girls are expected to stay home to help with the housework while their brothers are sent to school.
Barriers within the academic system – striking or inefficient teachers and an inflexible curriculum that does not account for the differences in how children learn are examples of these.
Language and Education – This is an especially relevant issue in this country. Think of all the learners in this country who attend school in a language other than their home language. Sometimes the language of education is not even just a second language but often even a third or fourth language!
Lack of parental involvement – This barrier to learning is often overlooked, but the available research shows a very definite decline in academic results and school attendance in families where parents do not take an active interest in their children’s schooling.
Learning difficulties – these may include difficulties within the child such as Dyslexia or ADHD that prevent them from performing according to their true potential.
Ref: Common Learning Barriers
,
Lorina
Financial Issues – for instance children who are undernourished will find it very difficult to concentrate at school, no matter how regularly they attend. Issues such as lack of access to adequate childcare, inadequate availability of learning resources and crime and violence also often occur in very poor communities.
Cultural and Social Issues – Children may be discriminated against based on their race or gender and prevented from attending school because of these factors. Think of societies in which girls are expected to stay home to help with the housework while their brothers are sent to school.
Barriers within the academic system – striking or inefficient teachers and an inflexible curriculum that does not account for the differences in how children learn are examples of these.
Language and Education – This is an especially relevant issue in this country. Think of all the learners in this country who attend school in a language other than their home language. Sometimes the language of education is not even just a second language but often even a third or fourth language!
Lack of parental involvement – This barrier to learning is often overlooked, but the available research shows a very definite decline in academic results and school attendance in families where parents do not take an active interest in their children’s schooling.
Learning difficulties – these may include difficulties within the child such as Dyslexia or ADHD that prevent them from performing according to their true potential.
Ref: Common Learning Barriers
,Lorina
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