Differentiation in Learning…
is
a teacher’s response to a learner’s (students) needs guided by general principles
of differentiation...
Such As
Respectful Tasks for ALL Students
Flexible Grouping
On Going Assessment and Adjustment for
Instruction
Teachers can differentiate the Content, Environment, Process, Product according to students' Affect, Interest, Learning Profile, and Readiness.
What Differentiation Is:
Response, Proactive, Scaffolding, Providing Access, Include Accommodation, Adapting, and a Risk.
What Differentiation is NOT:
Individualize, Management, Reaction, Just an Accommodation, Remediation, Really Really Good Teaching.
"Take the risk, you could change the world for kids!"
=Dr. P
"You can be a really really good teacher, but you could be a differentiated teacher."
-Dr. P
"Teachers must take into account WHO they are teaching as well as WHAT they are teaching. The goal of a differentiated classroom is to plan actively and consistently to help each learner move as far and as fast as possible along a learning continuum."
-Carol Ann Tomlinson
How fun to see "Dr. P" quoted... hee hee! (Now I'm hoping to hear YOUR opinions about these things... please talk through all of these things -- and give us (your readers) "food for thought!"
ReplyDeleteI like the end quote of teachers must take into account who and what they are teaching. Each class we have will change and we need to make sure that we differentiate for THOSE students.
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