Differentiation is said to be “an adaptive approach to teaching is
responsive to individual differences among learners” in Peter Westwood and Wendy Arnold’s article, but I’d say after reading the article that
it is something along these lines:
Differentiation is taking account of children’s background
(abilities, knowledge, preferences, interests...).for the student’s success.
In
this article we can find interesting differentiated resource materials, examples
of some whole group and small group activities and how to make it part of your
daily classroom life, and some projects related to computer-supported learning.
Also, there’s a part where we can find out about multiple intelligences (MI)
and learning styles and preferences.
To achieve a differentiated
teaching, it is important to create a nice environment, surroundings and
atmosphere, so the students are comfortable to work on their activities, and in
their learning process;
but not just that, we need support materials that can be useful no matter what
are the predominant skills and abilities of our students, the option of our
students becoming the main protagonist in the class developing an active and
communicative role, etc.
Furthermore, we want our students to become
autonomous in their work and in life, so differentiated instruction must
provide them the possibility to develop this skill. This can only be achieved
if we take into account that every child we have in class is different and has
unique skills and needs that we have to work with.
As you may want to have a look at the
article, I recommend you to follow this link:
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