Current Issues Affecting the Classroom
Du Plessis, A. E. (2019). Barriers to the effective management of diversity in classroom contexts: The out-of-field teaching phenomenon. International Journal of Educational Research, 93, 136-152.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883035517316932
This resource explains how a lack of diversity in the classroom has been challenging to the teachers, parents, and children. When an institution has teachers who have out-field training, then their language in class will affect students’ diverse learning. This article suggests that it is important to include openness between parents, leaders, and out-field teachers to influence classroom diversity and influence good decision-making.
Shulman, J. H., & Mesa-Bains, A. (Eds.). (2018). Diversity in the Classroom: A casebook for teachers and teacher educators. Routledge.
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED361333.pdf
According to this resource, classroom diversity is one of the contemporary issues facing classroom settings in the U.S. this has been caused by the combined increased immigration and birth rates of Multi-lingual societies. The student population needs to be approached carefully. Teachers should understand where different students come from so that they can comprehend the difficulties the students face.
Rasheed, D. S., Brown, J. L., Doyle, S. L., & Jennings, P. A. (2020). The Effect of Teacher-Child Race/Ethnicity Matching and Classroom Diversity on Children’s Socioemotional and Academic Skills. Child Development, 91(3), e597-e618.
https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdev.13275
This source is rich in information about the effects of child-teacher differences across the levels of the classroom. The article examines the effects of ethnically/racially samples of children and teachers and how they affect the classroom. When children are matched with teachers of different ethnic communities, engagement, scores, and motivation decreases; therefore, it is important to match students and teachers of the same diversity to increase productivity and overall performance.
Pranata, H. W. (2018). ENGLISH LEARNING PROBLEM FACED BY STUDENTS IN DIVERSITY OF CLASSROOM AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG (Doctoral dissertation, University of Muhammadiyah Malang).
http://eprints.umm.ac.id/45867/3/CHAPTER%202.pdf
This resource contains information on how language diversity affects the classroom. Parents, teachers, and students should understand that language is a vehicle of interaction and communication. The language provides creativity among the students and improves classroom engagement. In Early childhood education, babies learn their mother language first. Therefore, teachers should be able to repeat English words to the students for them to understand.
References
Du Plessis, A. E. (2019). Barriers to the effective management of diversity in classroom contexts: The out-of-field teaching phenomenon. International Journal of Educational Research, 93, 136-152.
Pranata, H. W. (2018). ENGLISH LEARNING PROBLEM FACED BY STUDENTS IN DIVERSITY OF CLASSROOM AT ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG (Doctoral dissertation, University of Muhammadiyah Malang).
Rasheed, D. S., Brown, J. L., Doyle, S. L., & Jennings, P. A. (2020). The Effect of Teacher-Child Race/Ethnicity Matching and Classroom Diversity on Children’s Socioemotional and Academic Skills. Child Development, 91(3), e597-e618.
Shulman, J. H., & Mesa-Bains, A. (Eds.). (2018). Diversity in the Classroom: A casebook for teachers and teacher educators. Routledge.