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Special education and Differentiated Instruction in the
ELT contextEsada Čirić-Delić
Special education/InclusionSpecial educational needs
Special education:
Special education in BiH
Legislation
Practice
Disabilities and conditions affecting the learning process:
O Physical disabilityO Hearing
impairment O Visual impairmentO Cognitive DisorderO DyslexiaO Disgraphia
O Down syndromeO Autism Spectrum
DisorderO ADD/ADHDO Behavioral/
Emotional Disorder
Practical advice for teachers:
Learn about the disability and decide on the strategy
Prepare individual education plan and change the layout of the learning environment
Apply: sequence of activities, good classroom mngmt., focus on strenghts not weakness
Strategies in the classroom
Multiple intelligence
s
Project Based
LearningScaffolding
Learning Styles
Differentiated Instruction
Authentic Assessment
“The fact that students differe may be inconvenient
but it is inescapable. Adapting to that diversity is
the inevitable price of productivity, high standards
and fairness to kids.“(Theodor Sizer, Brown
University)
Differentiated Instruction“...classroom
practices embodying student learning styles, interest, and
prior knowledge“ (Benjamin, 2002).
THREE KEY COMPONENTS for differentiating is to assess child‘s:
Interest level
Learning profile/styl
e
Readiness level
Langa&Yost, 2007
Tomlinson identified three components that should be
differentiated (Hall, Strangman & Meyer, 2003):
1) CONTENT : elements and materials used in reaching learning goals and in teaching concepts, principles, and skills;2) PROCESS :how you will teach the content, flexible groups or whole-group discussion of content or small groups or paired groups;3) PRODUCTS : students allowed choices in products or final assessments (variety of ways for expression, degree of difficulty, and types of evaluation).
What Differentiated Instruction Means for Teachers
• Get to know your students (student’s level, learning style & student’s interests)1.
• Identify areas of your curriculum that could be adapted to differentiated instruction2.
• Examine your role as teacher in the differentiated classroom.
3.
DOProvide several
learning options
Provide appropriate
levels of challenge for all
students
Don‘tDevelope
seperate plans for each student in the classroom
“water down“ the curriculum
for some students
TEACHERS
Differentiated Instruction in the classroom:
Instructional Strategies:
• Graphic organizers
• Tiered products• Journal prompts• Flexible work
groups
Outcome:
• Graphic display• Website (if
poss.)• Written report• Simulations
Examples of differentiating activities for differentiating content:
Match: vocabulary words to definitions, pictures.
Read: a passage of text, answer: related questions.
Think: a different outcome to the story.
Differentiate: fact from opinion in the story.
Identify: an author’s position, narrator‘s voice-provide evidence to support a viewpoint.
Create: a PowerPoint presentation summarizing the lesson.
Examples of differentiating the process:
Provide visual and word learners with textbooks, assistive texts .
Provide auditory learners with audio books, tapes.
Provide kinesthetic learners the opportunity for an interactive
assignment online.
Examples of differentiating the end product:
Write a book report.
Give an oral report.
Create a graphic organizer of the story.
Build a diorama illustrating the story.
List of references: O http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/special_ed/disabilities/O http://www.unisdr.org/archive/35293O http://ollibean.com/2013/02/06/karen-clay-defines-inclusion/O http://
teaching.uncc.edu/learning-resources/articles-books/best-practice/education-philosophy/seven-principles
O http://imgkid.com/howard-gardner-books.shtmlO http://infed.org/mobi/howard-gardner-multiple-intelligences-and-education/O http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learningO http://ocmbocesis.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/commoncoregraphicsfree.jpgO https://www.pinterest.com/pin/258605203573765256/O http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/title1/initiative/diffinstruction.pdfO http://edglossary.org/differentiation/O http
://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108011/chapters/Understanding-Differentiation-in-Order-to-Lead@-Aiming-for-Fidelity-to-a-Model.aspx
O http://education.ky.gov/educational/diff/Documents/StrategiesThatDifferentiateInstruction4.12.pdfO http://
www.cisco.com/web/about/citizenship/socio-economic/docs/Metiri_Classroom_Collaboration_Research.pdf
O https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130918161542-1265384-a-case-for-holistic-assessment-of-students-and-everyone
O http://jfmueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/whatisit.htmO http://www.msdwt.k12.in.us/msd/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/authentic_assessment.pdfO https://
www.teachervision.com/teaching-methods-and-management/educational-testing/4911.html?page=2&detoured=1
O http://www.creativelearningcentre.com/downloads/LS%20vs%20MI%20TEX9_p8_9.pdf
THANK YOU~
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