Hello.I just want to talk about "Differentiating Instruction for Academic Diversity" which is involved about the technique of teaching in the classroom.

It consists of three parts which are:
-Where we teach?
-What we teach?
-How we teach?

1)Where we teach?
-The classroom must be a place that feels safe to students.A place where their strengths are acknowledged and affirmed, where their weaknessess are dealt with honestly but supportively, where erroers are seen as an important and acceptable part of the learning process, and where the teacher teaches for success.

-The classroom must provide ongoing opportunities for each student to be known by and know the other students,a place where every student is acknowledged in positive ways, a place where each  student feels a connection or affiliation.

-The classroom must accord dignity and respect through basic ecpectations for each learner-attending class regularly, meeting deadlines, demonstrating growth as a learner, displaying a commitment to learning evidenced through hard work, and being a valuable colleague for peers.

-The classroom must be a place where each student's race and culture, gender, experiences, and strengths are not only respected but reflected and valued for their contribution to learning.

-The classroom must be a place where an ethic of hard work-propelled by purpose,joy, and pride-is engendered; where there is continual support for individual growth ;where growth is acknowledged and celebrated; and where clear classroom routines support efficiency, clarity about expectations, and success.

-Both to make time for the teacher to work with individuals and small groups and to develop learner independence and a sense of ownership in learning, the classroom must support shared teaching and learning-a place where everyone has something  academically important to conteibute to others, where everyone has something personally important to contribute to others, where the teacher is a learner, and where students are teachers.



What we teach?
-Curriculum should be clear and focused-the teacher must recognize  and help students master what is essential for learners to know,understand, and be able to do as a result of a learning sequence.

-As the Common Core Standards suggest,curriculum should spotlight high-quality knowledge, ideas, and skills-knowledge, ideas, and skills that lead to competance in the discipline; help students make meaning of the discipline; are valued by experts in the discipline; support retention, retrieval, and transfer of knowledge; lead students toward expertise in the discipline; and necessitate thought, reflection, application, and production on the part of students.

-Curriculum should be invitational-important, illuminating, intriguing, purposeful, and challenging to the individual.

-Curriculum should play a role in developing a hunger for learning .It is a catalyst for developing self-awareness as a learner and for developing habits and attitudes that cause a learner to effectively pursue understanding and skill.



How we teach?
-Instruction must be crafted to maximize the opportunity for the growth and success of each learner in mastering essential knowledge,understanding, and skill.

-To maximize individual growth and success, instruction must be a good fit for the readiness levels, interests, and modes of learning of individual learners.This means the teacher will consistently use formative or on-going assessment to understand learners' readiness levels, interests, and learning preferences in order to make effective instructional plans.

-To maximize individual growth and success, instruction must employ varied modes of presentation, varied approaches to learning, and varied routes for expressing learning-to match both curricular goals and student needs.

-To maximize individual growth and success, instruction will involve a range of student groupings-to allow for a match between learner and what is to be learned, to allow students to work in a variety of contexts to enhance opportunities for success,to "audition" students in different settings in order to understand which approaches to learning work best for different learners, and to allow the teacher to teach in ways more targeted to the needs of individuals and small groups of learners.

-To maximize individual growth and success, instruction will build student-teacher partnerships-for determining approaches that work best,for goal setting, for monitoring growth, and for building scaffolding for success.