Low-status Students in Academically Diverse Classroom

Abstract

Due to the diversity of cultural and social backgrounds there is a high degree of knowledge divergence in the student population. The question is how to respond to this diversity and challenge with high-quality education. It is characteristic of successful education and teaching that individual treatment and differentiation are present to help both gifted and children needing catch-up. All children should receive education and training appropriate to their abilities, which is of particular importance with regards to Roma children. Below, we present how it is possible to consider the Complex Instruction Program, a component of the Hejőkeresztúr Model, based on a special cooperative process pedagogically, psychologically and sociologically as a part of an educational system well considered and consciously structured with respect to both theory and practice. The question is why the program is suitable for the education and teaching of low status Roma students, especially those who are lagging behind in terms of school success.