Culturally Diverse Classroom Analysis

With numerous schools and districts in the state of Indiana, many will be very diverse in comparison to others, including Concord Community High School and NorthWood High School. One example is the difference in the number of English Language Learners. Only two percent of NorthWood’s student population for the 2014-2015 school year was considered ELLs, while Concord’s is more than doubled that amount at twelve percent learners. This means that, although both schools have a population consisting of other ethnicities, Concord has a greater responsibility in teaching these students the English language and all it entails of them. NorthWood, however, also has a challenge in educating their student population on the different cultures since most will not be affected first hand by different ethnicities. This, in itself, can be rather challenging if the teachers have also never been exposed to different cultures as well, which is the case for NorthWood. However, no matter what, the …show more content…
Also, by mixing the sexes into one classroom, students will be more likely to succeed and learn new ways of accomplishing tasks. According to Tomlinson, all classroom curriculum should be gratifyingly complex and compelling in order to capture the minds of the students and help them learn on a new level. Also, the concept of “teaching up” is suggested as a way for teachers to better educate the minds of their students, depending on their varying level of capability. Because of the predominantly Caucasion society, most teachers are not subjected to the diverse ethnicities around and, therefore, lack certain knowledge on the issue. Above all, learning varies between individuals; therefore, many options should be made available for learning techniques in case one way is more beneficial than