On Sat, 1 Feb 2014 07:39:50 PM Michael Scott wrote:

> The difference between a class size of 20 and 40 probably depends on the

> ability of the teacher to maintain discipline in a class, until it comes to

> one on one tutoring. That will depend on the students...not on the class

> size.

My friends that teach in schools (public and private) all agree that roughly 90% of their time is spent on setting up activities, classroom management, getting students to line up, shuttling between rooms, conflict resolution. The remaining 10% they refer to as "the amount of time we actually get to teach". One of these teacher friends told me there was a study published showing that teachers spend about 90% of the day on the above areas, ie classroom management etc. I'm hoping to get a copy of this study. I don't think class size made much of a difference. The teachers do not get the chance to work with each child individually, before the bell rings and they have to move on, so learning opportunities are wasted.

Many children need one-on-one teaching to accommodate different learning needs and a lot of it. The kids with learning disabilities or the bright kids are the ones who often miss out.

faye

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Faye Coker

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