"Learning is hard work and sometimes difficult": What pupils with dyslexia say about the difficulties they experience with learning at secondary school in Barbados

dc.contributor.authorBlackman, Stacey
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-19T19:46:42Z
dc.date.available2010-04-19T19:46:42Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractDyslexia has been described as a lifelong burden. The validity of this view is best assessed through an examination of the qualitative judgements pupils make about their experiences of school life. Findings from a multiple case study of 16 pupils with dyslexia at two secondary schools shed light on the challenges they have with learning. The findings suggest that pupils experience difficulties with spelling, sequencing, and remembering information-these "signs" are associated with the nature of dyslexia. This paper also suggests that the teaching/learning environment and teacher pedagogy are important influences on these pupils' learning. In particular, what teachers do in the classroom and the ways they do it present difficulties for pupils with dyslexia. In conclusion, the findings endorse pupil perspective research as a viable way to inform and transform teacher pedagogy, and highlight the importance of teaching skills as a way of addressing teacher practices that act as barriers to the learning of pupils with dyslexia at secondary schools in Barbadosen
dc.identifier.citationBlackman, S. (2008). "Learning is hard work and sometimes difficult": What pupils with dyslexia say about the difficulties they experience with learning at secondary school in Barbados. In L. Quamina-Aiyejina (Ed.), Reconceptualising the agenda for education in the Caribbean: Proceedings of the 2007 Biennial Cross-Campus Conference in Education, April 23-26, 2007, School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago (pp. 181-190). St. Augustine, Trinidad: School of Education, UWI.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-976-622-001-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/6700
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSchool of Education, UWI, St. Augustineen
dc.subjectDyslexiaen
dc.subjectSecondary school studentsen
dc.subjectLearning disabilitiesen
dc.subjectStudent attitudesen
dc.subjectTeaching techniquesen
dc.subjectBarbadosen
dc.title"Learning is hard work and sometimes difficult": What pupils with dyslexia say about the difficulties they experience with learning at secondary school in Barbadosen
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