Thursday, March 10, 2016

Challenges in the classroom

I have recently started to take a look into visual processing disorder and I have come to realize that there is so many types of disorders a child can have and to top it off, combining about ten per class out of twenty students is a great challenge for one teacher. It is not easy for a teacher to cover a lesson  in general and when the information given is not easily obtained by all students, the effectiveness of the lesson reduces. The teacher then has to search for strategies that will allow the students to grasp the concepts covered. Now disorders don't always refer to negative obstacles a student encounters, some students are what is "gifted and talented" and being gifted and talented is great, but when all twenty students are not at that level, it is difficult for that gifted student to stay focused. Students who quickly master a concept move quickly and require challenges to keep their attention locked up. Now that creates a challenge for the teacher because now she/ he has to be able to challenge all students but at different levels of intensity. The ultimate goal of a teacher is to have all her/ his students succeed and in order for that to be accomplished, a teacher must be able to recognize and treat every disability a student may have. The inclusion of every student's need is extremely important to the academic future of that child. I believe that holding all the students to high standards is perfectly fine, the actual work is in the process of getting them to meet the standards; gifted students can achieve their goals on their own, with guidance of the teacher, and the average to lower students can have the one-on-one help that they require of. A teacher must teach herself/ himself how to effectively reach out to all the students and prepare the next geniuses of this generation!


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