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Case: Cannot Cooperate
Aisha is known as a responsible and smart student. I have known her for the last two years, but this year is the first time she is taking one of my classes. She is in my 10th grade US History class. Recently, I started using small group projects in my class. I simply want my students to learn to cooperate, exchange ideas, and produce the project together. Although Aisha is willing to take part in these small group projects, she does not want to be in groups with male students because of her religious beliefs. When she told me about this, I told her that she was in the United States and that she had to work with whoever she is in a group with. In the first group project, Aisha was in a group with three males and one female students. She simply did not participate in any of the group activities. I wonder if should reconsider my original position on this issue and accommodate Aisha by having her work only with girls. Would I be doing her a disservice? What should I do?
Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!)
I'm not really seeing a huge issue here. I don't understand why you can't put her in a group with other girls, unless you have a class with few girls. If you have few girls and it ended up being one girl group and all boys groups then yes, I could see your concern but if you have a pretty even class then one group of all girls shouldn't be an issue. Since it's her religious beliefs, you want to try to accommodate her as much as possible. I do understand we are in America and she will have to interact with males in her life but if this is something you can control, I would try it. Also, maybe later in the year, you could add one male to her group and see how that goes but for now, I would just have girls with her. |
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Rated On: February 11, 2013 3:21 pm |
| Rated By: Kaleigh Thomas |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
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| Comments: Allowing Aisha to control her actions in the classroom is sending the message that when she gets a job she will tell her boss what she will do only. This could lead to her being fired. Aisha must understand that without a discussion with her parents and the teacher, a decision cannot be made that easily. |
| Rated On: May 23, 2013 11:55 pm |
| Rated By: Love Joy |
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| The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) |
No
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| The suggested solution is relevant to the case |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement |
Yes
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| The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue |
No
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| The suggested solution is original |
Yes
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| Comments: I agree with the first part of your statement that is until I read the last sentence. If you know it is against a students belief but your going to put a boy in her group, that can be very disrespectful to her views. It would be better not to do that at all in the class even though yes she will have to cooperate with men in the future that does not mean we force her to do so now, when it can be prevented in respect to her views. |
| Rated On: October 17, 2014 10:26 pm |
| Rated By: MaByvu |
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