EDF2085-Assignment 1

The teacher does treat all students equally regardless of their ethnic background, gender, or skills levels. I wouldn’t have even noticed this antic because they are all treated like the same person. The teacher does treat all of the students fairly, with equitably, but of course according to their behavior. The teacher does respect all students regardless of the diversity in the classroom. This is a classroom of kids that are about the age of five, a kindergarten classroom. Some of them don’t know how to behave or stay in their seats, or it is the first year of school for most of them. It is difficult because as soon as one doesn’t start to behave they all get hyper and follow what that child is doing. For some of them they need extra attention and help when doing the assignments because they can’t grasp it when the teacher is doing it in the front of the class. The teacher approaches each one of them to see if they are doing it correctly. She does things orally, visually, and to watch them perform certain things. She uses different things to teach and show them. She may read a story and show them pictures and all this is incorporated with the words and color of the week. They perform assignments that require motor skills. She also performs tasks in which all students must participate or answer questions individually. This particular day they were learning about transformations, and how butterflies first become a caterpillar, then they make a cocoon, and then transform into a beautiful butterfly. Most of them were really surprised and grasped the concept. They had to draw what happened in the story, some of them knew it became a butterfly, and some of them were lost. Not all the students speak English which makes it difficult for them. “Communication differences are among the most obvious issues that must be confronted when crossing cultural boundaries” (Safford, 124). The teacher makes me help this one child who provokes all other students and behave terribly. She constantly wants me to sit with her and watch her do the work. She needs special attention and you can tell she doesn’t have any at home. The students are rewarded with a prize or candy sometimes, but only for the ones that behaved well that day. I believe this is good because this way they learn they have to behave good to receive a prize. Regardless of their age, gender, or ethnicity, each student is reward and treated on how they behave throughout the day. Each one is treated fairly and the same as the other.