CHARACTERISTICS+OF+TODAY'S+LEARNERS

Learners One of the many changes that a teacher must become accustomed to is the change in students' families. Over the past 25 years the two-parent household has been on the decline and the number of students whose primary language is English has been dropping. It should be considered typical that various families pursue varying levels of interest in their children's education or in having active contact with their children's schools, although because of an increase in education of those becoming parents it is likely that involvement will rise as more educated adults have a tendency to be more involved. Unfortunately, it is also typical that families of this generation are putting more time and effort into their careers and that other family members are not as prominent as they once were, leading more children to be left to the care of babysitters, day-cares, and schools. As this occurs, socialization, norms, and cultures typically taught by immediate family or close relatives is a duty being passed onto these other caretakers. || || Changing Families Changing Schools. || Approximately 1/4 of our nations’ children live in poverty. Households that include minority children in high school and are headed by a female are especially likely to be impoverished. Disadvantaged learners have problems with cognitive development, vocabulary, and reading. The high school dropout rate in low SES homes is about 11% || || Link || Becoming a larger part of today's total school population. Most students adapt well to school programs, with the exception of the Asian heritage. Latino, African American, Native American study less but are most likely to be enrolled in college prep programs and honors study courses. Teachers are beginning to be concerned with what is called an achievement gap among races because tests are beginning to show some races succeed and learn faster. || || [|Link] || Based on my reading, there are several characteristics belongs to young learners, such as: - they have short attention span.- they are very active.- they responds well to praising.- they differ in their experience of language.- they are less shy then older learners.- they are imaginative.- they enjoy learning through playing.- they enjoy imitating and skillful in listening accurately and mimicking what they have heard.- they respond well to rewards from the teacher.- they are imaginative but may have some difficulties distinguishing between imagination and real world. || || Link || Students with learning disabilities of often have high intelligence levels but often have difficulties acquiring and demonstrating knowledge and understanding. This often results in difficulty reaching achievement and reaching capabilities. Learning disabilities often cause difficulties in listening, writing, or speaking. It can be hard for these students to process large amounts of information at a time. Ways teachers and aids can help learners with disabilities is by using computer adaptations, longer exam times, and visual and auditory examples and lecture aids. || || [|Link] || At-risk learners include students with one parent, having parents who did not graduate from high school, from low-income households, from high-growth states, with poorly-developed academic skills, and who speak English as a second language. According to our textbook, the success of schools in service for these students is dependent on school leadership, school climate, and classroom instructional/management practices. || || Link ||
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 * Timothy || Furness || Learners’ Families-
 * Ashley || Geditz || Poverty and Learners
 * Amanda || Gilbertson || Minority-Group Learners
 * Lilian || Harmer || Learners and Violence- School violence is a matter of great concern for educators, community leaders, law enforcement, and members of other groups. Involvement in a physical fight without weapon is the most common kind of physical violence most people experience in school. High poverty and low-poverty schools report about the same percentage of episodes of violence on students. Middle school students are much more likely to experience this problem than are elementary school students. Interestingly, poverty does not seem to be a variable associated with incidents of serious school violence. High-poverty and low-poverty schools report about the same percentage of episodes of violence on students. || [[image:https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQHmcbvuDnqqhC84fGvJxLAfvtle5-SpZCdEIexA-_9kEe0HF2p width="264" height="176"]] || [|Link] ||
 * Tyler || Hennagir || Very Young Learners -
 * Stacey || Hopf || Learners with Disabilities-
 * Mary || Kohler || Abused and Neglected Learners ||  || Link ||
 * Kayla || Kost || At-Risk Learners
 * Jennifer || Lease || Learners’ School-to-School Mobility: School to school mobility occurs when students begin attending a different school sometime during th school year. Reasons could be family move, overcrowding, class-size reduction due to government regulation, and expulsion. || [[image:mobility.jpg]] || [|Link] ||