Support participation and build confidence
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13’
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Design equitable learning environments
Design equitable learning environments
This one-minute video highlights how we can unknowingly create barriers to learning.
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Remove barriers to participation
Remove barriers to participation
- Create clear, planned pathways for moving around the classroom. Minimise random obstacles.
- Familiarise the student with a new classroom layout BEFORE making changes.
- Encourage all students to position themselves in optimum environments to support their engagement and attention.
- Discuss with the student the best places for them to sit to access information at a distance.
- Make support options, such as text-to-speech, available to all students. Model and encourage their use.
- Welcome and encourage digital technologies selected by students, and design activities so that they can use them productively.
- Create a culture where students support each other.
- Use the student’s name when addressing them.
Increase access through technologies
Increase access through technologies
Students can use built-cameras, magnification and accessibility functions to personalise their access to learning.
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