Differentiation 0Rpersonalized learning

The biggest mistake of past centuries inteaching has been to treat all children as ifthey were variants of the same individualand thus to feel justified in teaching themall the same subjects in the same way.

-Howard Gardner

Session plan What the session hopes to achieveChange a challenge for everyoneWhy differentiate? a major exponent gives her viewsThree areas where we can differentiateSeeing differentiated teaching in actionFocus on most effective teaching strategiesFocus on a tool to help us set tasks and ask questions differing in difficulty levelSubject groups share some strategies they can use

DISCLAIMER!I DID NOT INTRODUCE CO-ED SCHOOLSI DID NOT TURN YOUR SCHOOL FROM A JUNIOR LYCEUM TO A COMPREHENSIVEI DID NOT INTRODUCE SETTING AND TRACKING ..

..ALSO..I HAVE NO IDEA OF YOUR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE. I MIGHT SAY THINGS YOU ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH.I COULD VERY WELL SUGGEST THINGS YOU ARE ALREADY DOING.

HOWEVER, ITS UNLIKELY THAT ALL OF YOU SHARE EXACTLY THE SAME KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSPURPOSE OF THIS SESSION FOR THE WHOLE TEACHING COMMUNITY TO HAVE A COMMON BASELINE ON A FEW ISSUES SURROUNDING DIFFERENTIATION.

Change or, Will someone stop the world spinning I want to get offChange creates disequilibrium, which can be uncomfortable. People have to make sense of the process for themselves.Fullan believes that to begin the change process you must first have a moral purpose.Moral Purpose means acting with the intention of making a positive difference in the lives of the people it affects. Moral purpose is difficult because you have to contend with the different ideas and cultures that people in an organization bring to the community.

.how to cope?Understand as well as possible why changes have been proposed its not useful to look only at the consequences of change in policy (for example, co-eds or setting) familiarize yourselves with the rationale that prompted all this.Being critical in a useful way can actually help in making new policies better.Keep an open mind. Dont decide too quickly if the change is for the better or the worse there will probably be an element of both whatever we do in schools!Be gentle to yourselves: trying something new is difficult. Manage change by setting achievable goals.Relationships are essential team work within and even across subjects is indispensable.

What is differentiated teaching?

Lets look at the three areas in a little more detailLets look at some lessons where differentiated teaching is happeningGeographyMathsHistoryChemistryEnglish/Languages

How to pitch tasks and Ts questions and exam questions at the right level of difficultyBloom and the taxonomy.

The cognitive domainLets put these in order starting from the easiest to the most difficult thinking process.12

The following are all modes of teaching, ways in which we can present the knowledge that students need to take on board. Form groups as shown below and think about which aspects of your teaching whether content, process, and product, you will adjust in such a way that you reach more of your learners in class.Lets look at the three areas againLets look at the three areas in a little more detail