Hidden Gems in Your Classrooms!
Have you ever listened to the Malvina Reynolds’ old song “Little Boxes” which is an ironic way to show of the people’s tendency to fit everyone into one size mold? In case, you did not encounter the song, here some part of it;
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
Under the shade of this song, I imagine the student sitting in the rows where they exposed to one style of teaching method and expected to have the same outcome. Like the writer of this satire song pointed out this conception, the researchers claimed that the traditional approach “one size fit all” does not an effective method anymore for teaching in the culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms. The teachers are aware of limitation of that method and they endeavor differentiation in their teaching methods according to their children’s needs. Yet, still the gifted and talented students in early grades are not recognized by their teachers. …show more content…
However, we do not implement standardized tests for the younger children who are in Pre-K3 grades. For this reason, teachers have difficulties to recognize the young gifted and talented children. In addition, the teachers have misconception about the gifted and talented students; according to resent research, teachers cogitate that most of the bright children as the product of “pushy parents”. In addition, non-academic talents are very likely to be overlooked compared to being academically