| Instructional Practices and Strategies for Addressing Learner Variance in Interests & Learning Preferences
Just as students in a particular class vary in readiness for targeted knowledge, understanding, and skills, they vary in personal interests and strengths as well as in ways they may prefer to approach specific tasks and assessments. When teachers effectively address readiness variance, students generally make greater academic progress. When we connect the things we teach with topics, experiences, and strengths students bring to class with them, they see the are more motivated to learn and therefore more willing to expend energy on work and more able to see the relevance of what we ask them to learn. When we provide students with choices about how to learn and how to express learning, we can help them learn more efficiently. Participants in this session will extend their understanding about the rationale for addressing student interests and learning preferences in differentiated classes and explore both low prep and higher prep instructional strategies that invite teachers to tap into students' interests, strengths, and approaches to learning and expressing learning. The session will include opportunities for discussions with colleagues and a question/answer session for the whole group. Objectives/Outcomes
Carol is the author of over 300 books, book chapters, articles, and other educational materials including: How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms (3rd Ed.), The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (2nd Ed.), Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom, (with Jay McTighe) Differentiating Instruction and Understanding by Design, (with Kay Brimijoin and Lane Narvaez) The Differentiated School, (with Marcia Imbeau) Leading and Managing a Differentiated Classroom, (with David Sousa) Differentiation and the Brain: How Neuroscience Supports the Learner-Friendly Classroom (2nd Ed.), (with Tonya Moon) Assessment in a Differentiated Classroom: A Guide for Student Success, and (with Mike Murphy) Leading for Differentiation: Growing Teachers who Grow kids. Her books on differentiation are available in 14 languages. Carol was named Outstanding Professor at Curry in 2004 and received an All-University Teaching Award in 2008. In 2019, she was ranked #8 in the Education Week Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings of 200 "University-based academics who are contributing most substantially to public debates about schools and schooling," and as the #3 voice in Educational Psychology. She works throughout the United States and internationally with educators who seek to create classrooms that are more effective with academically diverse student populations.
Registration Details Course Code: CAT170823 Topic: Instructional Practices and Strategies for Addressing Learner Variance in Interests & Learning Preferences Presenter: Professor Carol Ann Tomlinson Date: 17 August 2023 Thursday Time: 9.00 am to 12.00 pm Singapore Time GMT+8 Mode of Delivery: via Zoom Closing date: 4 August 2023, Friday Workshop Fee: S$200.00 per participant. For every five paid participants, the sixth participant will attend for free. Fees are subject to GST. Other Information: Registration is on a first-come-first-serve basis. No refunds will be made for cancellations or in the case of absentees. The Academy accepts replacements for registered participants who cannot attend for whatever reasons. School/Cluster-Based Workshop Registration |
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Carol Ann Tomlinson is William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education where she served as Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, and Co-Director of the University's Institutes on Academic Diversity. Prior to joining the faculty at UVa, she was a public school teacher for 21 years. During that time, she taught students in high school, preschool, and middle school and also administered programs for struggling and advanced learners. She was Virginia's Teacher of the Year in 1974. Carol is also a member of the Singapore Principals Academy's International Advisory Panel.