The true Heart of the Teacher

Facing diverse classroom

We all know that each person is a unique and differ from each other. Even they are twins they have its differences. Most especially in the classroom set up. Teachers faced with the daunting task of teaching to a class of 40-60 even 70 individual students, each with their own learning styles, interests, abilities, attitudes, and family background. It is a very challenging task how can we facilitate them, give them impact and have effective learning in spite of their differences. . 

One article that I read states that “Diversity makes the classroom more interesting and exciting”. He explains that to make it more appealing to the students, teachers should honor and respect the distinctiveness of each individual. Teacher must create an optimal learning strategy, activity and method for all students. Using a variety of instructional approaches such as lectures, PowerPoint presentations, inquiry-based instruction, hands-on activities/experiments, problem-based learning, and computer aided instruction; it can help learners become more flexible in their learning.Facing and teaching diverse students, teachers need to become culturally responsive to their

students. Teacher self-reflection is an important part of the personal dimension. Honestly examining their attitudes and beliefs about themselves and others, teachers begin to discover why they are? Who they are?  And can confront biases that have influenced their value system. Because teachers’ values impact relationships with students and their families, teachers must reconcile negative feelings towards any cultural, language, or ethnic group. Often teachers are resistant to the notion that their values might reflect prejudices or even racism towards certain groups. When teachers are able to rid themselves of such biases, they help to create an atmosphere of trust and acceptance to students and their families, resulting in greater opportunity for student success. Another way, teacher must know their students.  Knowing your students means you know their family background, their status in life because it help us to understand them deeper. It will take away your prejudices you will know them (why he acts like this/that, why he is always not participative in class). This allows teachers to relate to their students as more than just “bodies” in the classroom but also as social and cultural beings connected to a complex social and cultural network.  Teaching in diverse classroom is not a hindrance to achieve learning. Viewing differences is the “norm” in the society that rejects notions that one group is more competent than another. This entails developing respect for differences, and the willingness to teach from this perspective

Effective teachers are those who build a good relationship to their students, we are not only teachers to them in the classroom but we are their second parents that’s why make an effort visit at home, know their way of life in that little way we can create an impact and a legacy that you are truly concern to them. I know it is very hard for the teacher to do this because of our limited time but make it our mission to them. I am sure that when we do that our students will value what we have done.  One day they will come to us saying “thank you man, thank you sir for the concern I am a professional right now and you are one of my inspiration why I am here.