Student Diversity Essay

Introduction

This essay will include examples of student diversity from an actual observational experience at The Goddard School. Examples will also be pulled from materials learned in the course Exploring Learning and Teaching that tie into said observations as well as peer reviewed articles and essays. Student Diversity is an important topic when talking about education and how it is handled throughout the education system. This essay will address some of these options that handle student diversity.

Field Experience Site: The Goddard School

During the observational hours completed at The Goddard School many things were gathered. The main motto at The Goddard School is LEARN. L stands for Learn, E stands for encourage, A stands for achieve,

Student diversity plays a big roll in things like behavior in the classroom. Misunderstandings happen a lot from the diversity of the classroom. When reflecting back to the book, there are many things that make up each student. The things that make up each person include social class, nationality, race, ethnic group, abilities and disabilities, religion, geographic region, and gender (Slavin, 2012, p 81). These things were very apparent when in the classroom. Each student was so diverse in his or her own way. There were special needs, there were different races, there were different religions, and much more. All of these different factors played a big roll on how the teachers interacted with the students as a whole and as

This gave me insight to how I should sort of look at the field experience during this class. I needed to get into the students role and see how they go throughout their day to understand how each student is so different. I also needed to get into the teachers position and see how they handled such diversity in the classroom because each child is their own person. This really made me think of how I should handle my classroom when I reach this point in my life. One more source that touched on the topic of the classroom helped me also to see how I need to look at the management of my classroom. “In order to make good decisions about classroom organization and management, teachers need to understand the role of culture in human development and schooling.”(Rothstein-Fisch, Carrie, Trumbull, Elise, 2006, p 1). This is completely true and it was very apparent in the pre-kindergarten classroom that my observation hours took place in. The teachers were well aware of each of the children’s needs and backgrounds and were able to respond effectively to each of the