Paper Topic:

Meeting All Students Needs

Introduction

Today , American schools are witnessing an increased number of students in terms of racial , cultural and ethnic diversity . The classrooms are receiving a large number of students with different needs . The diverse composition of students in classroom has brought about many challenges and opportunities to teachers . Good teachers should be able to consider the individual requirements or needs of their students , formulate the necessary alterations , and tackle those needs . This is not easy to achieve and many teachers have realized that meeting the needs of a diverse class sounds easy

on than it is practically is . Teachers needs help and support from parents , administrators , colleagues and the whole community in to create a classroom that can meet all the diverse needs of the students in these classrooms

Knowledge Dissemination

Teachers are the main disseminators of knowledge in the schools and society . They occupy the enviable position of being the main interpreters of knowledge for the next generation and future leaders . In to make this knowledge viable , it requires pedagogical skills that are capable to serve the minorities and all other students equitably McLaren (2003 ) observes that , most students are locked out during the dissemination of knowledge not because they are not in the teaching venue at the right time , but because their way of knowing is not incorporated into the teaching styles and strategies (McLaren , 2003

Problems Teachers Face

Teaching a diverse class is normally challenging for any teacher , as the teacher tries to carter for the various need of the diverse group . The general difficulties a teacher will encounter will be class management and disciplinary issues . However , the biggest difficulty that a teacher will face , is making a diverse class to be an all inclusive . Some specific problems that a teacher may encounter in a diverse classroom are

Teacher- parent communication

Understanding the home economy of students

Requirement for extra time to teacher the ESL students

Extreme diversity in academic needs of a student

Teachers lack of ability to communicate well with students concerning academic contents

Lack of communication between the teacher and student on social and personal issues which can hamper the student learning

lack of proper teaching materials and tools

How to Make a Classroom an All Inclusive One

Creating a classroom that is all inclusive is particularly difficulty for those teachers who are still new and who are still learning to tackle the daily challenges of the demanding profession . A teacher can not become an all inclusive teacher at once instead the teacher will have to take time to learn how to meet the requirement of the various diverse groups of students in the classroom . A teacher should focus on all aspects of teaching to be able to benefit all the students and not only those with disabilities . For instance , some students do not have learning disabilities but have difficulties in classroom , will be able to benefit from instructional modifications and adaptations (Salend 1998 ) Mendieta (2004 ) also agrees with this , by stating...

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