Differentiating Instruction in Practice
Having looked at the elements of the learning experience that can be differentiated as separate parts, this final post is about putting all the elements back together as we plan to make learning more meaningful and accessible for...
Differentiating the Learning Environment
Learning goals, subject content, resources, learning activities and assessment all contribute to the learning environment. However, there are a number of other factors that influence the overall learning experience for the...
Differentiating Learning and Assessment Strategies
In the previous post, we looked at differentiating the content being taught and the resources being used in our classrooms. Another way that learning can be made meaningful and accessible to all students is to use a variety of...
Differentiating Content and Resources
Differentiating instruction is complex and multi-layered. While we need to keep in mind that all the steps we might take to make learning meaningful and accessible for all students are intertwined rather than isolated, it is...
Differentiating Instruction: Why does it matter?
Differentiating instruction aims to make learning meaningful and accessible to all students by providing them with some flexibility as they work toward clear learning goals. Like everything else in education, this aim is not...
Differentiating Instruction: What does it mean?
The need to cater for a diversity of learners in the same classroom causes a significant tension for many teachers. On the one hand, teachers desire to see all their students learn and grow, and therefore recognize the need...
Teacher-Teacher Professional Collaboration
Many of us see the benefits of collaboration in the classroom and desire to see our students develop cooperative attitudes and skills… but what about in the staff room? Is your school a place where teachers work together,...
Collaborative Learning Strategies
Building collaboration in your classroom could begin with recognizing that some of the tasks you already ask your students to engage in could be done collaboratively. Solving a problem, practicing a skill, evaluating an...
The Benefits of Collaborative Learning
In my previous post I started a discussion about “what is collaborative learning?”. A related question to ask is “why should we use collaborative learning strategies in our classrooms”? In other words, do collaborative learning...
Elements of Effective Collaborative Learning
Over the next few weeks I am hoping to start a conversation about building collaboration in our classrooms and beyond. Collaboration sounds like a good idea… but what is it, and how can we use it to increase student...