Nature of Diversity

There is an astounding variety in virtually every aspect of Indian society.
Diversity with respect to cultural, linguistic, regional, economic, religious,
class gender, and caste groups, have permeated even to the classrooms.
Teachers encounter a diverse set of students. Some differences may be
obvious like physical appearance, accent, and gender. However, some may
not be so visible outwardly like religion, socio-economic background.
Moreover, students also come from different racial, ethnic, and linguistic
backgrounds. They may have different learning styles, different levels of
motivation and different opinions about the world around them. Their ideas,
perspectives, and values may also differ. All such characteristics make one
individual or group different from another. As mentioned earlier, apart the
race, ethnicity, and gender innumerable factors, like age, national origin,
religion, disability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, education,
marital status, language, physical appearance, level of motivation, learning
styles, etc. also contribute to classroom diversity.