Chapter 3 Notes

Who are today’s students in a diverse society? Have you ever wondered who the students are? Students can have different ethnicities; students can have basic needs, or may have linguistic and analytical abilities. Students vary from different genders, race, cultural and age. In a class room, you as a teacher need to be aware of what’s happening in your class and you need to be able to accommodate and identify any problems or concerns that any of your students might encounter. Students go through many stages in cognitive, social, emotional and physical development and every student will eventually progress through these stages. As a teacher you need to familiarize yourself with every student in your classroom. Whether it is from them having accommodation for ESL, Special education or 504, you need to be prepared to accommodate every student and make sure they are getting the required curriculum for their needs. You also have to be aware of their ethnicity, just because you don’t want to offend any student that is a particular race. Also you don’t want students bullying other students because of race or gender. Always remember that as a teacher you are not alone in this diversity, you will attend in-service’s, you have administrators and specialist that can guide you to make the right decisions.