Hello guys, I hope you’re all doing good. The last time I blogged I told you how I’ve been finding it a bit difficult coping with being a full time, pregnant with twins, mom. Well, I’m happy to say this week has, with the help of my amazing husband, been much easier.  Although it’s a lot of effort dealing with everything, I have been finding much more time to sit down and concentrate on my studies.

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION:

            What possibly made some learners uncomfortable during these activities?

• The games only included African music. Some of the learners who are not of black African ethnicity could find it confusing because they don’t understand it and they simply don’t enjoy dancing to music that they are not particularly used to.

Why were some learners uncomfortable?

• In my opinion, some learners felt uncomfortable because they did not understand the song and felt unincluded, or some learners felt uncomfortable because dancing is something that could be against their religion.

Can you think of ways to address these issues in future? What will you change?

• I would start by translating ALL songs to all the learners to ensure that there is no confusion and that learners have a complete understand of what it means and why, and I would also first address learners and ask if they would be comfortable with partaking in dancing activities. I feel that allowing learners to consent to something instead of forcing them to do it will build a trust between the learner and the teacher.

How can we accommodate diverse learner profiles in our classrooms? What must we beware of?

By really getting to know our learners, their ethnicity, religious and cultural beliefs and their overall morals and values, as teachers it is our responsibility to make our classrooms a “safe zone” where learners feel free to be themselves at ALL times. We need to have a good understanding of who our learners are, this will ensure that all resources we use in class will never offend any learner in any way