Individual Differences

1. Today we learned about individual differences. It was mostly learning disabilities and different kinds of intelligences and it was amazing to see just how different we all can be. There is so much that makes up who we are, not just our ethnicity or our age, not even to our gender can totally define us. We learned about how to identify different intelligences and learning disabilities. Oh! and lets not forget our splendid debate about labels.
2. It is important to understand what makes up the different kids and how to help them with their individual differences. With the group differences we learned not to teach the group but to teach the individual, and today we learned what exactly that meant.
3. It would be hard NOT to apply this knowledge! We have to know what kind of learners and what challenges we may face in order to truly help these kids! We have to take into consideration their individual needs otherwise misbehavior or withdrawal may occur. Once we know how to help individually, we can engage them in learning.