So All Can Learn (eBook)

A Practical Guide to Differentiation

John Mccarthy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
202 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2572-5 (ISBN)

Infos

How do we educate so all can learn? What does successful differentiation look like? John McCarthy shares how educators finally understand how differentiation can work. Bridging pedagogy and practice, each chapter addresses a key understanding for how good teaching practices can include differentiation with examples, concrete methods and strategies.

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How do we educate so all can learn? What does differentiation look like when done successfully? This practical guide to differentiation answers these questions and more. Based on national and international work, McCarthy shares how educators finally understand how differentiation can work. Bridging pedagogy and practice, each chapter addresses a key understanding for how good teaching practices can include differentiation with examples and concrete methods and strategies. The book is constructed to differentiate for diverse educators: veteran of many years to the pre-service teacher, classroom teacher leader to administrator as instructional leader, and coaches for staff professional development: Presents common language for staff discussing learner needs. Provides structures for designing powerful learning experiences so all can learn.Includes chapter reflection questions and job-embedded tasks to help readers process and practice what they learn. Explore a supporting website with companion resources.All learners deserve growth. All teachers and administrators deserve methods and practices that helps them to meet learner needs in an ever challenging education environment. Take this journey so all can learn.

Autor

John McCarthy consults and coaches educators internationally on innovative practices that support student voice, with Differentiation a core principle. Starting out as a high school teacher, and later an adjunct professor, McCarthy has taught and witnessed learning in many settings—urban to rural communities, areas of high affluence to entrenched poverty, and cultures with a fixed mindset to havens of innovation in some of the most surprising locations.

Inhalt

Foreword: Syndee MalekIntroductionChapter 1: What is Differentiation, Really?The Challenge and Promise of DifferentiationLens on LearningThe Differentiation RelationshipThe “Real” Differentiation RelationshipFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionsChapter 2: Differentiation Can Be Done WellThe Dorothy PrincipleMaking Differentiation VisibleAssistance When Lesson Plans Run into StudentsCrossroad LessonsFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 3: Assessments Matter: making learning specific and realisticAssessment for LearningFormative Assessment Cycle (FAC)Finding TimeMultiple Ways to Demonstrate LearningEliminating Assessment FogFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 4: Informative Assessments for The Whole LearnerLearning In and Out of Airplane ModeChoice-Based StrategiesThe Whole Student: Four Data Paths that influence LearningFair is not always Equal: 4 Pathways Merge into OneFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 5: The Truth about Differentiated Instruction1. Differentiation is Too Difficult2. There is not enough time to differentiate3. The curriculum is over packed4. Need to prepare for the high-stakes tests by covering all the material5. Crowded classrooms makes differentiation too difficultFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 6: Learner Voice MattersThe Realms of DifferentiationLearner Voice over Student ChoiceLetting Go of ControlEliminating Airplane Mode in Education – Part TwoTeacher Growth-Mindset Leads to Learner VoiceCreating a Culture for Student VoicePedagogical Needs for Student VoicePractical Support of Student VoiceFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 7: Differentiation in Practice: Readiness for ALLReadiness GuidelinesTeaching Readiness through ContentTeaching Readiness through ProcessTeaching Readiness through ProductsFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 8: Differentiation in Practice: Interests for ALLInterests GuidelinesTeaching Interests through ContentTeaching Interests through ProcessesTeaching Interests through ProductsFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionChapter 9: Differentiation in Practice: Learning Preferences for ALLLearning Preferences GuidelinesLearning Profile CardsTeaching Learning Preferences through ContentTeaching Learning Preferences through ProcessesTeaching Learning Preferences through ProductsFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionAppendix: Differentiation and ResearchThe Differentiation LensFinal ThoughtsInvitations to ReflectionAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.2.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: Administration • Differentiation • Education • Educator • professional development • Teaching
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2572-2 / 1475825722
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2572-5 / 9781475825725