Differentiation
If the way that we learned was as individualised as our own fingerprint what would be the repercussions for teaching?
Differentiation:
Pivotal’s Differentiation INSET is a practical guide for teachers/lecturers with strategies that are immediately useful.
- Differentiation techniques that raise achievement and satisfy OFSTED
- Time saving strategies for differentiating lessons
- Simple and quick coding schemes for lesson plans and schemes
- Clear guidance on best practice and OFSTED criteria
- Differentiated language and coaching in the classroom/workshop
- Exploding the myths of learning theory and learning styles
This course translates theory into excellent practice leaving your colleagues eager to implement new ideas.“No two children are alike. No two children learn in the identical way. An enriched environment for one student is not necessarily enriched for another. In the classroom we should teach children to think for themselves.” Marian Diamonds, Professor of Neuroanatomy at Berkley Personalised learning‘ We do not teach classes, we teach groups of individuals’Pivotal deliver practical training that is immediately useful. Our Personalised Learning INSET is designed for schools and colleges.
Our trainers demonstrate how to:
- Structure learning to respond to the needs of the whole learner
- Create an ethos of seeking and responding to the views of the learner
- Respond to the needs of the local community and employers
- Raise the ambitions of all learners
- Support every learner to become expert
- Encourage individuals to take responsibility
Foster openness and trust‘How can you personalise the learning without learning from the person at its core?’This course also delivers the latest training for developing ‘Student Voice’ to inform and guide course/college/school development.
This includes the latest guidance in:
- Student Learning Consultants
- Student councils as democratic bodies with real influence
- Community and learning councils
- Student committees and working parties
- Student associate governors
- School/college elections and the democratic society
- Student surgeries
- Rating teachers and lessons fairly
- Student surveys and innovative ways to capture students’ opinions
- Training student interview panels
