Differentiation in the Secondary School Classroom.

Abstract

Before graduating from my year as a student in an initial teacher education programme, I am tasked with demonstrating my ability to show how I am able to achieve equitable outcomes for ‘priority student groups’. My success or failure in this hinges on a number of factors. Arguably, the most important factor is the quality of practice I observe during this time. In this paper, I describe my experience in a secondary geography classroom where my teacher mentor places the learners at the forefront of her professional decisions. I highlight differentiated learning as it is applied to a diverse group of students. The effective use of teacher resources to support differentiated learning are identified and the influence of the opportunity to see this practice is discussed.