I. Background
I am teaching only one class, grade 8 students. They are all girls. They are about 24 students in the class. They are 14 years old. They are coming from the same environment so they are having the same social backgrounds. It is a mixed ability class. It is a very challenging task for me to teaching them because of their different levels. I have 4 outstanding students, 14 average students and 6 underachievement students. They also have different learning strategies which I should but in my consideration when I plan for my lessons.
Physical Classroom Environment
The classroom is too small so students are sitting in groups of 4. There are not any electronic devices inside the classroom. We have to go down stairs to the Learning Resource Centre (LRC) or Computer Lab if we went to use any of the electronic devices like overhead projects, proximas, smart board, computers, CDs rooms and so on. Teachers can borrow these devices and bring them to their classes but they have to book it first. They are about one overhead projector, three proximas and three laptops. Teachers prefer to bring their own laptops; they just borrow the other devices. Moreover, there is a white board, a cupboard and a wall Panel. There is a wireless internet connection in the class but students do not have laptops.In addition, they are not allowed to bring them to the school. When they need to use the internet they should move to the computer lab or LRC.
