Concept of Individual Differences

Introduction : According to Charles E .

Skinner :
It is a modem concept and has emerged into
limelight and importance only in recent “Today we think of individual
times, mainly on account of the researches in differences as including any

the field of educational psychology. measurable aspect of the total

It has been proved beyond doubts that no two personality .”

individuals are exactly similar. Factors that Bring about Student

Every individual is a new experiment in the Diversity

hands of nature.
And though human beings look alike in their
visible fundamentals, e.g., the body and the
limbs of the body, they differ widely in their
physical, mental and emotional
characteristics.

How Student Diversity Enriches the Learning

Environment

1.Students’ s e l f -awareness i s e n h a n c e d b y d i v e r s i t y .
2. S t u d e n t d i v e r s i t y c o n t r i b u t e s t o c o g n i t i v e

d e v e l o p m e n t .
3. S t u d e n t d i v e r s i t y p r e p a r e s l e a r n e r s f o r t h e i r r o l e

a s r e s p o n s i b l e m e m b e r s o f s o c i e t y .
4.Student d i v e r s i t y c a n p r o m o t e h a r m o n y .

Respect individual

differences and don ’t

laugh at others .