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Changing lives, opening minds
Theoretical OutlinesWorkshop
16.02.2015
Prof. Arleta Tascau
New Compenteces, For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-001375
Changing lives, opening minds
“There is no one best way to educate all children. Indeed, the biggest mistake of past centuries has been to treat all children as if they were variants of the same individual and thus to feel justified in teaching them the same subjects in the same ways.”
(Howard Gardner)
New Compenteces, For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-001375
Changing lives, opening minds
New Compenteces, For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-001375
How to adapt your teaching strategies
to student needs
Changing lives, opening minds
Not “another thing to do...”
...but rather “a different way of doing”!
New Compenteces, For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-001375
What Is Involved
in Adapting the Curriculum
New Compenteces, For a European School2014-1-RO01-KA101-001375
Changing lives,opening minds
Changing lives, opening minds
Golden Rule: Be a Good Organiser!
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Changing lives, opening minds
1.Instructional Strategies
2.Instructional Materials
3.Curricular Content
4.Assessment Practices
Changing lives, opening minds
1.Adapting Instructional Strategies
A change in the way a teacher teaches
•Incorporating the use of demonstrations or role play
•Utilizing teacher presentation cues (gestural, visual or verbal) to emphasize key concepts
•Scaffolding key concepts to be learnt
•Getting learners more involved in the learning process through the implementation of every pupil response techniques (response cards, thumbs up/thumbs down)
•The incorporation of manipulatives for learners’ use
•Diversifying the selection of groupings so as not to rely solely on large groups/whole class instruction and independent seatwork arrangements
•Varying instructional design, to include a variety of small group and cooperative learning activities
•Providing a learner(s) with curriculum content through means other than traditional written text
Changing lives, opening minds
2. Adapting Instructional Materials
1. Adjusting the readability level of written material
2. Enhancing critical features of the content within the materials themselves
3. Designing materials with features that appeal to sensory modalities other than visual/auditory
4. Selecting alternate instructional materials for their durability or safety features
Adapting curricular content involves varying what is taught – that is, the complexity and nature of content presented during the course of a unit of study.This type of curriculum adaptation results in an adjustment of
the cognitive demand of a learning task for a particular learner(s).
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Adapting Assessment Practices Refers to alterations in the way in
which a teacher gets information from a learner(s) in the class. These involve a change in the learner’s instructional output.
Offers learners the opportunity to respond in a nontraditional manner, in some way(s) other than through typical oral recitation or written expression.
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Changing lives, opening minds
Alternative learner responses:
Collage Sculpture/Handicrafts Pantomime Dramatic portrayal Musical composition Motoric demonstration Photographic presentation Graphic display
Changing lives, opening minds
Thank you!
And now...
Some workshops!
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