I had a discussion with a class teacher who told me that some children are just naturally dull and that no matter how you teach them they will not just understand.
This got me thinking, so I did an eight month research on this issue.
I discovered that there are various researches on this topic already. One of the researches shows the reply of some randomly selected professional teachers, see their reply below;
To teach children who are somewhat dull but having a good brain, first we need to get along with them well. They have to feel comfortable in our presence only then they will open up and feel free and this makes the teacher and the student to establish a good relationship. Once a good rapport has been established the student can learn very well.
Every learner represents potential. It is up to the teacher to examine the material that needs to be mastered and like a skilled tailor create the learning condition in which all students will gain knowledge and be successful in gaining greater abilities.
You should make sure that your student is completely involved in the given task. It is your responsibility to divert his attention to the learning material. If you estimate the mental capability of a child accurately, it becomes very easy to provide him a well-tailored personalized program of learning. Definitely it will fascinate the child to a level suitable to learn.
Practically, you should determine which type of intelligence the student has( according to the Multiple Intelligence Theory); logical, natural..etc. Then, choose some activities or games suitable for his intelligence…This could perfectly work as a good start.
I don’t want to share the whole teachers’ feedback, so let’s examine these four feedbacks;
The valid point in the feedbacks show that the teachers approach is very important.
THE TEACHERS APPROACH: if a teacher noticed that a child is not performing well academically, it means that child requires special attention and the teaching approach needs to change for that child to start understanding well, but the teacher must first understand the child.
You are wondering that how many students a teacher can be able to attend to. I also wondered.
For a dull child, you can actually get a private teacher or use a different approach like using video tutorial.
I have to stop here for today, I will continue discussion on my research
P.S: To succeed, never stop trying but always try a different approach. You child’s success is very important to you, kindly give it all it takes.
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