Answer to Question #118781 in Sociology for Audrey

Question

Tabulate the most common intrinsic and extrinsic barriers to learning in the South- African context

Answer 1

Correct answer is;

Intrinsic barriers:

These barriers are located within the individual learners themselves. Learners with intrinsic barriers are usually born with a specific characteristic for example the

learner may be born blind or the learners’ left leg may be shorter than the right leg. These are not necessarily barriers but the environment and ineffective education

can aggravate the learner’s condition so that the learner may be seen as disabled.

Extrinsic barriers

These are barriers that are located outside the learner. The learners are born perfectly normal but circumstances outside the learner for example the environment, their home, lack of schooling and their upbringing are so inadequate that they eventually cause barriers to their learning. These factors or circumstances seldom occur in isolation, the one affects the other for example the home may not

cause a barrier to learning alone but the home and the environment or the home and a lack of schooling together will cause an extrinsic barrier to learning and development.