nge i- II

The Challenge of Larger Class Sizes

Dave Angel

Grantham University

10-3-2016

Directions in completing Part II

Dave. Great topic, and you just about have your entire essay completed already! Keep in mind to avoid writing in the first person in your essay and to add research and citations as well.

Part II: Research Outline

Larger class sizes offer a variety alternatives to tutors in selecting students with talents and skills that match a variety of specifications in school management and extracurricular activities. School managers can assess individual skills and recommend the best-suited learners to be assigned specialized tasks. However, the large classes present some challenges to both the tutor and student body, including overcrowding and absence of personal connections with respective faculty. In many cases, administrators only focus on the financial implications associated with bigger numbers and neglecting core objective of producing accomplished scholars.

The major drawback of attending a bigger high school is the overcrowding issue. School administrators enroll more students to the already full learning institutions, causing a possible strain on the available social amenities. This will, in turn, create a habit of a struggle for existence and eventually leading to stiffer competition for the available resources. Right from the classroom situation to the halls of residence, learners who may not withstand the struggle in sourcing for the available tools of learning will lose out. With crowded hallways, students become overwhelmed and experience delays while moving to and from classes. While in the large classes, students will also struggle with cramped desk space while competing with fellow students for attention.

Secondly, students in large classes easily get lost in classroom shuffle. Administrators, teachers and support staff, are bound to interact with tens of hundreds or thousands of learners all year and may find it more difficult getting to recognize individual students than their fellow small school professionals. Students who do not feel a personal touch to one or more their teachers or staff members might miss the sense of brotherhood that small schools often deliver. This evident lack of tutor-student engagement may eventually cause students to feel like none cares about them or their life in school, which demotivates their performance in academics. Highly extroverted students who miss out on classroom activities may achieve notoriety to gain recognition in the competitive environment. The bulk of students, who might either blend in or even isolate themselves from other, may vanish into the shadows of the large classroom. Lack of personal recognition impacts both the academic and social experience of the students and this may eventually impede their success in school. In a class with the lesser student population, there will be fewer distractions, which are beneficial for not only students but also the classroom teacher. The teacher will never have the burden of addressing the distractions and instead direct more time to tutor. With fewer students, it does not mean that every student will be well behaved, but there will be better chances of the students not engaging in classroom vices like talking to each other during learning sessions.

Furthermore, large classes face the danger of losing their students since they tend to experience much higher dropout rates. Personal touch with tutors and school administrators is key to building a reputable learning environment where instructors and students get to interact at a personal level. With the well-nurtured interactive setting, students get to open up on their concerns, with the tutors creating a more personalized touch to guide and counsel the individual learner. However, if the environment is never conducive enough, the students might feel isolated and thus feel that getting out of the system would offer a solution to their predicaments. The teacher-student relationship is a key factor that determines whether a student will successfully graduate or repeat a particular grade. With a smaller class, a teacher will be able to spend more attention and individually with every student. This may help the students have a better understanding of the subject concepts.

In conclusion, school administrators should consider the pros and cons associated with bigger classes to avoid overcrowding, unnecessary strain on available social amenities or to even lose their treasured students in the classroom scuffles. They should wake up to the fact that a manageable classroom creates a personalized touch between tutors and respective learners hence creating a conducive environment that favors learning, and eventually producing a population of highly scoring learners.