Diversity and inclusion: A case study of female, immigrant, adult learners in Ontario
ORLN 1995 Group 1 – Assignment #3
Nimao AliBecky BrooksCamille LawrenceLeslie Malloy-WeirKerri-ellen Walcer
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• According to the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (2012):
• The number of recent immigrant adult learners attending post-secondary institutions in Ontario is growing
• Many recent immigrant adult learners face barriers, including:
• Limited language proficiency• Financial constraints• Insufficient knowledge of the Canadian post-secondary
education system
• To help immigrant adult learners overcome barriers, learning institutions must:
• Identify this group• provide specialized programs to this group
•Background
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• To learn more about the unique challenges faced by female, immigrant, adult learners we interviewed three women from this group
• Three issues (or barriers to learning) identified by the women that we interviewed included:
• Language (most frequently identified)• Religious beliefs and customs• Child care responsibilities
•Case Scenario
Click the link below for a video introduction to our
topic
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• Language barriers may:• reduce or limit an adult leaner’s ability to attend
to, retain, and/or reproduce information (cite)
• Cause adult learners to develop negative feelings about their abilities (i.e., low self-efficacy) (cite)
• Prevent adult learners from reaching their full potential (cite)
• Issue: Language
Click the link below to see and hear the women in our
study talking about the issue of language
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• Using principles derived from Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977) and Maslow’s (year)Hierarchy of Needs, teachers /trainers can help adult learners to overcome language-related barriers by:
•Strategy: Language
Click on the link below to hear Dr. Buckley discuss strategies to overcome
language-related barriers
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•Strategy: Language
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• The religious beliefs and customs of adult learners may:
• Interfere, or conflict, with scheduled class time or exams (cite Nimao)
• Prevent female adult learners from seeking help from male instructors (cite Nimao)
• Issue: Religious beliefs and customs
Click the link below to see and hear Nimao talking
about the issue of religion
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•Strategy: Religious beliefsClick the link below to hear
Dr. Buckley talk about religious beliefs
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• Issue: Child care responsibilities
Click the link below to see and hear the women in our
study talking about child care issues
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•Strategy: Child care responsibilities
Click the link below to hear Dr. Buckley talking about
the issue of child care
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• Summarize main points of presentation here…
Summary
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• Provide a list of additional resources here…• Include those posted by Camille on the Wikki
To read further on this topic…
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• Our sincere thanks to:• the three women who shared their learning challenges with us and
appeared in our videos
• Dr. Joanne Buckley at McMaster University for sharing her experiences and suggestions with us
•Acknowledgements
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•References
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