Reflect on the classroom school and community demographics o

Reflect on the classroom, school, and community demographics of your student teaching setting. What does it mean when teachers talk about getting to know their students? How does the environment affect the individual needs of your students? How does the environment effect your approach to instruction and assessment?

Solution

The given student teaching setting, attracts students with family having mid-income group and Hispanic, Asian and white American background. These students included both boys and girls in the setup and the school offers coeducation to the students. The setting offers education to the students under the different programs. A classroom consists a batch of 20-25 students (optimum number) with coeducation in the classroom.
The teachers talking about knowing students, means that understanding the social and cultural background of the students, the prevailing values among the different set of students and their preferred needs of the students. It helps the teachers to deliver the customized education in a communication that makes the education to be most effective.
The environment sets the expectations, aspirations and objective of education among the students. Accordingly, the course curriculum is prepared that best caters to fulfil the needs of the students. Besides, specific skill based training program is prepared to cater the needs that are individualistic in nature. It makes the setting to able to serve the individual needs of the students.
The environment sets the benchmark bar of skills and education required among the students. According to the benchmark and industry requirements, education is delivered and students are prepared to cope with the challenges of the environment. It makes the setting to opt for the delivery method of instruction. Further, the degree of strictness is added to the evaluation process. It makes the students work hard and get ready as per the requirement of the environment. It makes the students to succeed.