Module 4 Activity 3: What we assess - catering for diversity

In our schools today, we are being faced with increasing diversity among our student population and as a result, it is imperative that we respond to the challenge of meeting the individual needs of students to deliver personalised, relevant and meaningful learning. I am being reminded that a diversity approach to the teaching, learning and assessment process does not distinguish between learners on the basis of disability or non-disability, instead regarding all learners as individuals with their own strengths, competencies and identities. Therefore, catering for diversity entails taking a strength-based approach to each learner that builds upon what they know and their beliefs about themselves as learners.