Some people believe that educating children altogether will benefit them. Others think intelligent children should be taught separately and given special courses. Discuss those two views.

Some people believe that educating children altogether will benefit them. Others think intelligent children should be taught separately and given special courses. Discuss those two views.

Not surprisingly, students feel privileged (đặc ân) when working with someone with exceptional abilities even from very early years. With the aim to produce elite students (những hs xuất sắc), schools now endeavour (nỗ lực) to gather children of special talents and offer them special courses. There are both advantages and disadvantages to this educational philosophy.

Treating gifted children the same as others might seriously hamper(cản trở) their personal development. Imagine that a maths prodigy (thần đồng toán học ) works out solutions to a thorny and tricky (hóc búa và phức tạp) problem briskly (nhanh chóng), it makes no sense to force him or her to follow an ordinary curriculum. Some might argue that it will foster (làm gia tăng) depression or frustration amongst low-achieving students if talented students are arranged with a special class and given specialised instruction. Many students think otherwise. Studying with high achievers cause slow students to feel frustrated and cast doubt on (nghi ngờ) their effort. Feelings of worthlessness will drive them further toward low performance.

Another advantage of grouping students is enabling them to advance a strong friendship or partnership within different groups. Some opponents of this strategy argue that special students suffer socially, in a misguided belief (niềm tin sai lầm) that students would seldom talk to each other in an air of professional jealousy. This stereotype(định kiến) has blinded people to the fact that students with the same background knowledge are more likely to share a common topic of conversation. By exchanging experience and knowledge, they can make quicker progress toward their academic success.

 Despite the significant position of special courses in education, it is not to say that ordinary students should be denied the same opportunity. Treating students differently (phân biệt đối xử) can twist a child’s perception (bóp méo nhận thức) of his or her abilities and potential. A student experiencing great difficulty in studying should be provided with extra support rather than being treated as the loser. The sense of exclusion does not inspire their performance or commitment but merely triggers their further decline in school record. The sense of exclusion(việc phân tách) does not inspire their performance or commitment but merely triggers their further decline in school record.

 

In view of the arguments outlined above, ability grouping is of great value. It fosters a nutritious environment in which talented students can facilitate their learning process and easily find their pals of the same gift (những người bạn có cùng khả năng). However, special courses should be open to any willing learner; otherwise, students will feel discriminated.

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1. Benefit  của việc chia lớp :

•        Hamper personal development

-          - Không thể bắt thần đồng giải bài toán thoong thường.

-          - Học chung với những đứa có thành tích cao sẽ khiến những bạn kém hơn cảm thấy bất lực, nghi ngờ sự nỗ lực của bản thân.

•       Phát triển tình bạn, hợp tác mật thiết.

-          - Học sinh có cùng nền tảng kiến thức có thể chia sẻ, trò chuyện cùng nhau.

-          - Thông qua việc trao đổi kiến thức, chúng có thể phát triển nhanh hơn trong học tập.

1. 2 Những học sinh kém hơn cũng nên được trao cơ hội học tập ở những lớp “chuyên”:

-         -  Phân biệt đối xử giữa các học sinh có thể làm bóp méo nhận thức của trẻ về khả năng và tiềm lực của chúng.