Principle of Individual Difference
Suppose you got an opportunity to teach students of class XI, to whom you have earlier taught in class X. Which methods and strategies of teaching you will use on the basis of Principle of Individual Differences.
Answer:
Principle of individual difference
Everyone is different that's why their rates too.
Patterns and Sequences for development are generally the same but rates differ.
That's why there should be no such notion as the average child because everyone proceeds according to their rates.
so, we can't compare two children on the basis of their intellectual development or one child's progress with another.
Along with its rates of development are also not uniform for all children.
How knowledge and understanding of these principles would help you as a teacher?
Planning of activities to be done in the classroom and outside.
It Will help in producing cognitive effects of experiences for learners.
Strategies of Teaching:
1. Incorporate multiple intelligences into curriculum: Students often have areas of learning in which they are particularly strong. These learning strengths can be engaged to help students succeed in the classroom and reach their full potential. The multiple intelligences are a framework of strengths outlined by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner. They are linguistic, logical-mathematical, visual- spatial, musical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist. Most students have strengths in one or two of these areas.
2. Capitalize on student interests: Allow students to choose the topics they’ll report on in a paper or project. Also look to include interests in other smaller ways—such as in math word problems. Tying learning to interests is a potentially powerful way to reinforce core curriculum concepts.
3. Involve students in educational goals: Students perform best when they feel they are active participants. Try to involve students in creating goals related to learning activities. Children with mental health and learning disorders may have a negative attitude toward schoolwork so incentives are required at the outset.
4. Group students effectively. Group projects provide great opportunities for you to put together the talents of students in complementary ways. A child who struggles in one aspect of a subject may excel in another. Group students so that they can both showcase strengths and learn from peers.
5. Differentiate instruction. It’s important to recognize that “fairness” in education doesn’t mean that all children are taught in the exact same way. Instead, it means accounting for the needs of individual students and adjusting the curriculum accordingly. Differentiation allows you to provide individualized instruction by changing the pace, level, or style of teaching to engage student strengths and interests. Differentiating instruction includes, when appropriate, reducing assignments or extending deadlines to accommodate a child’s abilities.