health ed midterm

• Education demands a healthy environment conducive to effective assimilation of knowledge and skills learned.
• Some barriers may exist to prevent or reduce the students’ ability to avail of their right to quality education.
• Forms to barriers to education can be:

  • Physical

  • Technological

  • Systemic

  • Financial

  • Attitudinal

  • Among these are students, teacher and institutions
• Physical disability: students with disabilities continue to encounter physical barriers to educational services. Ex. Lack of ramps and/or elevators in a multi-level school buildings, heavy doors, inaccessible washroom, transportation, housing facilities and communication
• Negative Attitudes and Stereotypes: Students with disabilities continue to face negative attitudes and stereotypes in the education system. .
• Negative attitudes and stereotypes: Lack of knowledge about and sensitivity to disability issues on the part of some educators, staff and students can make it difficult for students with disabilities to access educational services equally.
• Poverty: Children who come from a poor family or community set up and experience little to or no support typically struggles with confidence. This reduces their desire to learn.
• Students’ capabilities, personal beliefs and values: Genetic and culture affects the educative process. Students genetic endowment and cultural background determine the extent of comprehension and retention which may challenge to teachers, the school administrators and the standard education
• Inadequate funding: This was cited as the prime reason for delayed and diminished special education services at the elementary and secondary levels.
• inadequate funding: Accommodation decisions are made based on budgetary considerations rather than on an assessment of the actual needs of students with disabilities.
• inadequate funding: At the post-secondary level, the funding structure is highly complex, with some programs containing eligibility requirements and restrictions that raise human rights issues. Lack of libraries and laboratory facilities for student learning
• Philosophy, vision mission of schools: schools have their own values, beliefs and practices regarding teaching and learning.
• Philosophy, vision mission of schools: Schools may or may not adhere to the standard of education set by the state and accrediting body hence students may leave school either well prepared or less prepared to face the responsibility of working for a living.
• Legal framework around education can be weak: Ex. Lack of birth certificate can prevent admission of the child from school or block eligibility to take examination.
• Issues of safety and security inside and outside the school: ex. Physical violence in school like bullying and corporal punishment affects boys and girls. Girls are more likely to be a victim of sexual violence such as rape
• Accountability movement: ex. This may limit the ability of school to meet societal standards due to external pressure and intense expectation.
• Perceived lack of support: ex. Insufficient financial support hinders health education program.
• Teachers' qualification and values: education is also constrained by the ability of the teacher to teach in terms of her personality traits and values,

  Professional behavior and her outlook in life
• inadequate professional preparation:educators are expected to teach health with any college coursework in the discipline. Quality of teaching suffers despite no shortage professionally prepared health educators
• 1. Lack of certification: many states mandate health instruction in schools many do not require instructors to be certified educators.
• 1. Knowledge skills and values of the teacher: lack of these knowledge, skills and values the teachers could lead to intellectual numbness and poor academic performance among students
• A barrier to learning is anything that prevents a learner from being fully engaged in the learning process.
• Barrier to learning: A person, or even a group of people, affected by learning barriers feels frustrated or unwilling, and cannot achieve their learning goals.
• Lack of focus can be overcome with a few simple tactics. During the online course orientation, advise learners on when and how to find space to focus. Additionally, recommend setting aside a “focus hour” where learners can ignore their phones, log out of their email, and reserve time in their calendars to concentrate on learning
• Negative past experiences

  Solution:

  • Create an environment where learners can regularly and safely voice their concerns both before and during the course. That can be done with a survey at the beginning of the course that asks learners what they value in learning, and what they would prefer to avoid in their learning experiences.
• Negative Past Experiences: Align their personal development goals with the outcomes of the course, so that they understand the true benefits of learning engagement.
• Personal mindsets

  Solution:

  • As with addressing past experiences, make sure that the learning environment offers learners the room to discuss concerns in a constructive manner.
• Personal Mindsets: If the resources are available, offer live support for both technical and content concerns, so that learners are not delayed by technical glitches or content queries.
• personal mindsets: Some barriers to learning are of a personal nature and stem from the learners themselves. Others, though, are raised exclusively in the workplace. Let’s look at some of the trickiest workplace challenges and how to address them.
• Lack of technical skills

  • Solution:

  • Create simple tutorial that demonstrate how to use the organization’s LMS. Learners who dread the fully-online experience usually appreciate a more personal walkthrough of the system, either in-person or through a recorded webinar that they can refer back to.
• Isolation

  Solution:

  • Overcome this barrier to learning by making social features,

  like discussions, a key element of your course design strategy. Incorporating team competitions, group work and leaderboards can further reduce feelings of loneliness.
• Boredom

  Solution:

  • Prevent having disengaged learners by first understanding the training audience needs and the kind of content and scenarios they find relatable and inspiring.
• boredom: Ensure that the assessments’ difficulty level is challenging enough to prevent boredom, but also not too difficult, so that most learners can complete or pass them.
• Engaging Learners Despite the Barriers to Learning

  • When learners are prevented from fully participating in learning, the many benefits of learner engagement can’t be realized. So, act immediately towards removing workplace challenges and understanding your learners’ personal barriers to learning.

  • By identifying and addressing the factors that prevent engagement in online courses, learners and businesses are both able to get the most out of the learning experience.
• Teacher can help learner with barriers to learning

  • Make learning participative
  • Encourage peer learning
  • Break tasks down into smaller steps that will incrementally build into the task objective
  • Use learners' own words, language, materials and personal context - be clear about activity purpose and how it relates to the skills needs of the learner
• Make both written and spoken information clear

  • Use unambiguous terms and follow plain English guidelines
• Avoid being too directive


  • Some people with learning disabilities may say what they think you want to hear
• Be aware of the language you use and of that used by other members of the group including non-verbal communication

  • Be prepared to change if you think it is appropriate
• Encourage learners to ask for help


  • Show that this is acceptable and is not a sign of failure
• Listen closely to what learners say


  • Always respond to the content of what someone is saying and do not be misled by the style of delivery