#class size

Twenty students sat riveted in Omar Hakim’s “Theory of Knowledge” literature class at Detroit Country Day as they studied motifs in Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Hakim engaged the students in conversation, often peppering them with questions even if they hadn’t raised their hand. “David, what do you notice when you look at that picture?” he asked as he showed the students works of art to help them explore the concept of motifs. “Jessica, what do you notice? What do you think I’m trying to demonstrate?” Hakim previously taught in a public high school where he had six class sections with some 30 students in each, making it difficult to focus on any individual teen. At Detroit Country Day, not only does he teach four sections with a maximum of 20 students in each, he was also able to create his own course, “Contemporary Multicultural Voices.” At an independent school, he says, “you have the opportunity to use your creativity to create something new without the barriers in place in public school.”

Rethinking Class Size: The complex story of impact on teaching and learning. by Peter Blatchford and Anthony Russell

THE EFFECT OF CLASS SIZE ON EFFECTIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

hey, um so i'm currently a third year student, and i'm already feeling kind of anxious about getting into the required 4th year seminar class for my program next fall. since seminar classes only have around 15 students, and i'm sure there's gonna be more than 15 students in my program hoping to graduate next year, wouldn't that mean it's unlikely i'll even get a seat in that class unless my enrollment date is (by luck) earlier than the other 4th year students in my program?