Your views on differentiation for learning
Throughout the course we will look at some of the research which underpins ideas about differentiation, but first we would like you to think about your current view of differentiation: …
Course: Differentiation for Learning
Planning for stumbling blocks
Learners easily recognise activities and exercises that they can and cannot do; what they need help with is attempting those they see as difficult. In the video on the previous …
Developing Learning Behaviours
Boyle et al (2001), defined good learning behaviours as those which students display when they are using metacognitive strategies in their learning. In their study, teachers decided to observe each …
Reflecting on your professional development
Well done for reaching the final part of the course, where you’ll review your learning and record your professional development. Your course mentors will record their reflections of the course …
The learning journey
Differentiation allows students to take different pathways through the learning. Sometimes they may be faced with a steep uphill climb, while on other parts of their learning journey the path …
An invitation
We hope you’ve enjoyed the last five weeks. Further Study We’d like to invite you to pursue further CPD with us. Why not consider the activities run by the National …
Reflecting on your learning and capturing your professional development
In this short video Chris and Dylan bid farewell and encourage you to persist in developing your use of assessment in order to differentiate and support all learners. As Dylan …
Providing support and drive
Over the next few steps you are going to build on the ideas in Step 1.9 around the importance of the relationship between the teacher and the students in establishing …
Gathering students’ thoughts
How your students feel about the activities they engage in is important. As mentioned in the previous step your task is to put together a questionnaire to find out how …
What do your students think?
How your students feel about the activities they engage in is important. As we are approaching the end of the course, Dylan introduces your next task which is to use …
The week ahead
In this video Dylan introduces the final week of the course during which you will: Review in detail recordings of our teachers sharing their top tips for anyone wanting to …
Reflecting on your learning
Chris draws the week to a close and encourages you to try out with your students some of the approaches you have encountered. As Chris states the most important aspect …
Q&A session
On Friday 3 February, from 17:00 UK time (GMT), Chris and Dylan will be responding to some of your questions in an online session. The session will be facilitated by …
Using thinking organisers in the classroom
Andrea discusses the range of approaches we will see our teachers using in the following steps to scaffold the learning. Step 4.4 shows some of our primary teachers using a …
The learning journey
Differentiation allows students to take different pathways through the learning. Sometimes they may be faced with a steep uphill climb, while on other parts of their learning journey the path …