Curriculum Barriers Tutorial

 

This post deals with the challenges of curriculum barriers for students.  Curriculum barriers occur when the curriculum is presented in a way that does not meet the needs of all students.  For the tutorial I selected Charlie as my student because he displayed many traits as a student that I work with on a regular basis. My student is also, easily distracted, he cannot stay on task for long periods of time and he rarely completes an assignment before he becomes bored. Also, he calls out all of the time and his main goal is to play games on his i-Pad. Next, I chose the sixth grade science because I thought Charlie may be more engaged in a lesson using manipulatives, performing experiments, and using the computer. However, one barrier that Charlie may encounter is that if he becomes too engaged in the experiments or the computer, he may not transition into starting a new task when it is time.  

After completing the Curriculum Barriers Tutorial, I realized how many of my lessons are presented in a way that could create barriers for some of my students, and it made me start thinking of how I could eliminate these barriers. 
It is hard to think of every student’s needs in a classroom, but in order to make sure that everyone is learning to the best of their ability, accommodations have to be put into to place so that everyone has the chance for academic success.  Like I said earlier, learning is not the same for everyone and curriculums are not a "One Size Fits All," so it is important to remember this when planning lessons.  I would recommend that all teachers watch the CAST video to learn how to break the curriculum barriers that are in their lessons and to accommodate all of their students needs.

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/tools/curriculumbarrierstutorial.com