Chapter 10 Reflection

Reflection on Chapter 10- Science for All Learners

Chapter 10 focuses on teaching effectively the diverse body of students which are found in the classroom. Special needs students, gifted learners, and international or ELL students are among those who we as teachers must be able to relate to and reach at least enough so that they can grow in all the ways that they ought to during their school years. This seemingly daunting task is made more feasible through applying various strategies or utilizing various support networks, as the text discusses in this chapter. All of the aforementioned activities or strategies would be good to do with such students, although they will obviously need specialized cases/examples/etc. and will require more help and time than "normal" students. It’s just essential that they, like all students, practice consistency and effectively – for example, in teaching vocabulary a teacher shouldn't just have students look them up in the dictionary but require them to actually put them to practical use so they can become their own. I think that this is the overall spirit of teaching special needs students: to help them not feel "special" in the bad way by helping them feel comfortable with their work - they should only feel "special" in the good way!