Answer to Question #300121 in Sociology for Sally

Question

Discuss how the following extrinsic barriers to learning can negatively affect learners in inclusive education setting

3.1.4 Technical creteria

Answer 1

Lack of technical skills and knowledge, specifically in pedagogy and classroom management. Institutional barriers, including leadership, class schedules, and school planning. Teachers' attitudes and beliefs about technology's benefits and relevance. Assessment pressures, including high-stakes testing. One of the great challenges is to develop our classrooms to make the most of these technologies for the benefit of student learning. Recent research and theory into the cognitive load, suggests that complex information environments may well impose a barrier on student learning. Further, it suggests that teachers have the capacity to mitigate against cognitive load through the way they prepare and support students engaging with complex information environments. This chapter compares student learning at different levels of cognitive load to show that learning is enhanced when integrating pedagogies are employed to mitigate against high-load information environments. This suggests that a mature policy framework for ICTs in education needs to consider carefully the development of professional capacities to effectively design and integrate technologies for learning.