Some people think that schools should educate pupils according to their academic ability, and others believe pupils with different abilities should be educated together. Discuss both views and give your opinion

IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE AN EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN SCHOOLS, SOME PEOPLE OPINE THAT GROUPING

STUDENTS

AS A

CLASS

BY

ABILITY

IS EFFICACIOUS RATHER THAN KEEPING THEM IN A

CLASS

WITH DIFFERENT ACADEMIC LEVEL; OTHERS,

HOWEVER

, OPINE THE REVERSE IS TRUE. IN

THIS

ESSAY, I WILL DISCUSS BOTH PERSPECTIVES GIVEN AND EXPLAIN MY SUPPORT FOR THE FORMER. THERE ARE SALIENT REASONS WHY A HETEROGENOUS

CLASS

IS ADVOCATED BY SOME PEOPLE.

FIRSTLY

, THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD FOSTER A BETTER A

CLASS

LEARNING AS

ONE

WOULD LEARN SOME FROM ANOTHER. LIKE SAY ,

FOR INSTANCE

, A HIGH-ACHIEVING STUDENT CAN HELP THOSE WHO ARE PERFORMING POORLY AT SCHOOL BY WAY OF TEACHING THEM AFTER

CLASS

.

THIS

TRAIT IS SYMBIOTIC AS THE

ONE

TEACHING LEARNS THE

ABILITY

TO TEACH AND BECOME EMPATHIC, WHILE THE

ONE

LEARNING ACHIEVE KNOWLEDGE.

FURTHERMORE

, EDUCATION IS NOT ABOUT ACADEMIC SAPIENCE SOLELY. LEARNING

SKILLS

ALSO

ABOUT SOCIAL

SKILLS

, CREATIVITY AND MORAL VALUE LEARNING.

THEREFORE

A

CLASS

COMPOSED OF

STUDENTS

WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES CAN DEFINITELY HELP

ONE

FROM LEARNING DIFFERENT

SKILLS

FROM ANOTHER.

ON THE OTHER HAND

, I AM WITH THOSE WHO ADVOCATE THAT GROUPING

CLASS

ACCORDING TO THEIR LEARNING CAPABILITY SHOULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER.

FIRSTLY

, IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EDUCATIONALIST TO MODIFY THE PACE OF

INSTRUCTION

BASED ON STUDENT NEEDS. WHILE ACADEMIC CALIBER

STUDENTS

MAY NEED FASTER AND COMPLEX PROBLEM-SOLVING

CLASS

MODULES, A SLOWER-PACED

CLASS

INSTRUCTION

MAY BE USEFUL FOR LOWER-ACHIEVING PUPILS IN ORDER TO PROMOTE RETENTION AND REPETITION.

SECONDLY

, A CONGLOMERATION OF

STUDENTS

HAVING A REMARKABLE LEARNING DISPARITY CAN LEAD TO DIFFERENT PROBLEMS. AN ACADEMICALLY BRILLIANT LEARNER MAY FEEL BORED AND UNCHALLENGED IF

ONE

RECEIVES A SCHOLASTIC

INSTRUCTION

MEANT FOR THOSE SLOW-LEARNERS, NOR A THE LATTER MAY FEEL LEFT BEHIND IF MOST OF HIS CLASSMATES CAN LEARN BETTER AT A FASTER PACE. IN RETURN, IT MAY CREATE BULLYING OR DISAPPOINTMENT AMONG

STUDENTS

. WHAT IS MORE, A HOMEGEMOUS

CLASS

IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC LEVEL FOSTERS INCLUSIVITY. UNLIKE IN A HETEROGENOUS

CLASS

WHERE

ONE

MIGHT FEEL LEFT OUT BECAUSE OF A

CLASS

INSTRUCTION

DOES NOT SUIT HIS ACADEMIC NEED. ACCORDING TO A RECENT STUDY,THE EFFICACY OF

ABILITY

GROUPING IS FAR ,MORE BENEFICIAL AS THE LEARNING

SKILLS

ARE CATERED ACCORDING TO STUDENT'S MENTAL GRASP. TO RECAPITULATE, WHILE GROUPING CLASSES IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR

ABILITY

HAS ITS OWN MERITS, I BELIEVE THAT LIKE-

ABILITY

pupil SHOULD BE PLACE IN

ONE

CLASS

BETTER SO AS TO ACHIEVE A BETTER MENTAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL LEARNING AT SCHOOL.