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Teaching to All Learners
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Diverse Learners
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Types of Diverse Learners
Cultural backgroundsEducational backgroundsFamily support systemsLanguages Learning styles
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Learning Styles
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Constructivism
A learning theory created by:
John DeweyJean PiagetLev Vygotsky
Children develop their understanding by building on what they already know…
They “construct” knowledge.
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Multiple Intelligences
A learning theory created by Howard Gardner
People can be smart in many ways
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Cognitive Development
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Creating
Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
Understanding
Remembering
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Multiple Learning Modalities
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Cultural Backgrounds
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Cultural Backgrounds
EthnicityGenderLanguage
RaceReligionSocioeconomic
status
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Educational Backgrounds
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Educational Needs
Abused and neglectedAttention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD) Autism Spectrum DisordersGifted and talentedHomelessnessIndividuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)
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Languages
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Overview of TEKS for LOTE
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Tips for Working with LEP Students
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Family Support Systems
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Family Structures
Students whose parents are married make up about two thirds of all families
Seven out of ten mothers work
The divorce rate rose four times from 1978-2000
One in four children live with only mom, 5% with only dad and 4% with neither
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Accommodating Diverse Learners
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Accommodating Diverse Learners
Get to know your students
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Accommodating Diverse Learners
Identify areas of your curriculum that could be adapted to differentiated instruction
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Accommodating Diverse Learners
Examine your role as teacher in the differentiated classroom
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Instructional Strategies Online
Strategies to Help Students with Various Learning Styles
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Appropriate Technology Applications
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Technology
Providing more realistic and relevant learning with digital simulations and models and virtual activities
Exposing students to the world around them
Providing digital multimedia for creating presentations and projects
Presenting e-books
Making class web pages and web classrooms
Using video-making technology
Developing digital learning games
Providing digital data storage
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Technology in Education
Instructional tool
Assistive technology
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Examples of Technology in the Classroom
iPadsDigital camerasSmart boardStudent
response systems
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Benefits of Technology
Students are engaged
Learning takes place
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Questions?
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References and Resources
Images:
Microsoft Clip Art: Used with permission from Microsoft.
Books: Kauchak, D. & Eggen, P. (2014). Introduction to teaching:
Becoming a professional. (Fifth ed.). Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Morrison, G. (2012). Early childhood education today. (Twelfth ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill. (2005). Differentiating instruction: Meeting students where they are. Retrieved from http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.phtml
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References and Resources
Websites: Inclusive Schools Network
This page includes a variety of instructional strategies that are effective for diverse learners such as activities, lesson plans, technologies, websites, projects and more.http://www.inclusiveschools.org/instruction-for-diverse-learners/
Michigan’s Assistive Technology ResourceDebbie Spring, a technology consultant, comprised a list of resources to help teachers incorporate technology into the classroom to meet the needs of diverse learners.http://mits.cenmi.org/Portals/4/Documents/Materials/Selected_Resources_Technology_to_Meet_the_Needs_of_Diverse_Learners.pdf
The Four Modalities of Learning Implementing and developing differentiated instruction is possibly the most important and
effective thing we can do as educators in order to reach more of our students. http://msdillard.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/the-four-modalities-of-learning/
Videos: Overview of TEKS for LOTE
In this video, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) gives teachers an example for how to implement TEKS into the classroom, specifically Languages Other Than English classrooms.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNXTAwX7FPQ&list=PLu_W_IYy7yO8uBQT0rWASnMv4k-PTPJf6
Strategies for Teaching Diverse LearnersAn elementary teacher describes her approach to teaching diverse learners.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZvrPSdxU9w
Teaching Diverse LearnersElementary teacher, Jessica Wallace, teaches a lesson about the seasons using technology to reach a variety of learners in her classroom.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt9uMSjFQ6A
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