Characteristics of underprivileged learners: Present-day psychologists have shown that the idea of some races being more intelligent than others is false.
According to the intelligence is learned rather than inherited. Several research studies conducted on underprivileged learners have identified some of the characteristics of the underprivileged learners.
(i) Low motivation to learn:
The parents of most underprivileged leamers are illiterate and, therefore, hardly encourage their children to learn.
Their poor socio-economic background has made them more present-oriented, that is, most of their time, energy, and means is spent to satisfy their present needs.
(ii) Low cognitive abilities: Underprivileged learners have low cognitive abilities. Cognitive abilities refer to the abilities of an individual which are necessary to function at a level of abstraction, and include perceptual, conceptual, and linguistic abilities.
Underprivileged learners, for instance, tend to learn in a physical fashion.
(iii) Low self-esteem: Underprivileged learners are found to have negative attitudes towards their people, culture, language, and also towards themselves.
One’s attitude to oneself, as you know, is primarily influenced by what others think of us. People from dominant cultures have negative attitudes towards underprivileged learners.
(iv) Poor readers and slow learners: Underprivileged learners are usually poor readers. This is primarily because their homes hardly have any books and they get few chances to develop the habits of reading.
Their learning style is slow and cautious.
(v) Greater sense of independence and responsibility: So far we have talked about some of the negative learning characteristics of the underprivileged Icarners.
But they have also some very positive learner characteristics. In contrast to privileged learners, they are often found to possess a greater sense of independence and responsibility.
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