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When it comes to teaching, there is no one way of doing it. Different students have different requirements as far as the method of instruction goes. The same rule applies to students with physical disabilities. These students need unique strategies of teaching i.e. courses designed for them, a suitable teaching style and a variety of instructional methods. A physical disability refers to disabilities that affect ones’ mobility, health, medical status and also injuries of the brain. Some of these disabilities are easy to spot e.g. the physical ones, but the medical and health related ones are not as obvious. Let’s delve deeper into this and check out some strategies that have been shown to have a positive effect on making teaching effective for students with physical disabilities: Electronic Transfer Of Study Material: To aid the student in catching up with the curriculum, a teacher should take an extra step to send the teaching material to him/her electronically or by transferr...

Teaching with the help of audio-visual aids is quite effective as it stimulates all the senses of a learner. These aids are used to stimulate the student and foster better understanding of the subject as words alone are not sufficient for an effective learning experience. Audio visual aids have shown to be very useful for studying living bodies, machines, microscopic materials, exotic materials, inaccessible places and much more. Here is a list stating some of the most important reasons for using audio-visual aids in academics: Better Attention In Class: Audio-visual aids are a great means of capturing a student’s attention for a longer span of time. They are engrossing and interesting in comparison to mere bookish knowledge. Help To Stimulate Imagination: Audio-visual devices and materials help in stimulating the imagination of a learner by providing a mental imagery of the lesson. Aids In Understanding: Teachers using audio-visual aids speed-up the process of learning signifi...

Environmental education classes at school are the need of the hour. Kids need to be taught about environment and ways to preserve it. Such classes help kids understand what impacts the environment positively and negatively. This can be done both in the classroom and outside. Let’s take a look at some benefits of Environmental education: More Exposure : Environmental education classes are not limited to bookish knowledge and the classroom. They go beyond the classroom and books into the society, culture, economy, politics and ecology. Kids are exposed to various issues that affect the environment and they learn how everything is interconnected when it comes to the environment. A Thoughtful Generation : The new generation is encouraged to use its critical thinking and creative skills through such studies. Environmental education encourages kids to research about various factors that affect the environment, how they do so, why they do so and what can be done. Such education encourages...