EDU 732 - Characteristics of the Divergent Learner

This course explores the characteristics of the divergent learner as they impact instructional programs, including intellectual, language, personal, and social areas.  This course is designed to foster a deep comprehension of students in unusual circumstances and to present alternative methods of building support networks for unusual and problematic students.   The focus is on a population of students who have become “at-risk” of failure or dropout in the traditional educational system because of thinking, learning, behavioral, and phenomenological divergence, which renders the students at odds with the traditional school environment.   Causes that contribute to these students’ becoming at-risk such as personality traits, learning styles, inadequate developmental support from the home and school, as well as the impact of adverse childhood experiences on the ability to learn will be discussed.  

Credits: 3