Essay About Heterogeneous Classes And School System

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Heterogeneous Classes
School systems have changed a lot over the years. Children are becoming more and more
uncontrollable. The children are very defiant and really dont care. They also have no help at
home. Parents dont seem to care about them they just want the children busy doing
something so they will not be in their hair. Schools are getting were they have more
heterogeneous classes like Marshas. Heterogeneous grouping refers to whole classes of
students of varying intellectual ability or within classroom groupings where 2-5 students of
varying abilities learn together. The situation with Marsha seems to be a lot like
what the definition describes.
Marsha has children that their home life is not the best. They have no parents that help and
guide them along the way and they really dont care. She seems to also have some that just
want some attention because they dont get any at home. Marsha also has a problem where
there are children on different levels than others. She has some that cannot read as good as
others. She has some that while she works with other, they tend to disrupt the classroom,
maybe if the school system had used the tracking system( puts children in rooms together
based on their levels) (Sadler, & Zittleman, 2009) then maybe there would not be so many
problems.
If the slow readers were put into a class that has more readers on their levels then
maybe the others would not be so bored while they are waiting on Marsha while she is reading
with the slow readers. Marsha might also try letting the students that read really well pair up
with the students that dont read well. The students that read well act like they are the teacher
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and listen to the children read to them and listen to see if they miss any words and if they miss
any words and if they do then they correct them. Students always like being the teacher.
Marsha needs to help the children that cannot speak English very well give them a new word
each day to help them learn to speak English. When you let the students help each other then
they can also work on their social skills which most of them probably need. It also helps them
to make new friends when they socialize more. Marsha can take the kids in her arms and give
them the hugs and love that they need. When a child starts causing problems then most of the
time they just need some attention and loving. Marsha has come to her wits end in with the
class. She reminds me of some of the teachers that I work with.
Marsha needs to come up with things that would help the children to become more
interesting in the class and listen while the teacher is teaching the class.