Adaptive teaching relies on scaffolds. In fact, Alex Quigley has written about how necessary they are as part of the 4 S’s of Adaptive Teaching- Scaffolds, Scale, Structure and Style. Let’s explore further how we can best create and deploy scaffolds that enhance adaptive teaching. We do not want to fall into the trap of […]
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An enriched curriculum enhances the content we teach with depth and complexity. There can be demand that we march through the curriculum, so how do we create opportunities to pause and make linkages? Often we think of curriculum as a mountain to climb, each step we get progressively closer to the top. The route up
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What is the shift from differentiation to adaptive teaching? Alex Quigley made the argument that differentiation is dead, and that the nail in the coffin came from the 2019 Department of Education’s Early Career Framework. It was here that we finally see that differentiation has lost its usefulness as a concept, despite being so ingrained
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Cards on the table, in my personal experience I have loathed having classes set by ability. When I had my geography classes determined by science sets (a fluke of my school’s timetable) I was so frustrated by how progress and engagement shifted. The dynamics of my classroom seemed to change for the worse. But my
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Let’s say I give a keen geography student a referral to the school’s Model United Nations Club, this seems like a wonderful way to extend their curiosity and development beyond the curriculum. However, there could be a lack of financial ability to pay for trips and conferences, or a lack of time for a student
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