How to be an excellent teacher
This guide reveals what factors contribute to making an excellent teacher. I write this guide based on my own experience as a tutor and teacher for 10 years, and also from my observations of the excellent teachers I have come across along the way, some of whom taught me. This guide deliberately shies away from […]
What is Differentiation and Why is it important?
What is Differentiation and Why is it Important?
Differentiation ensures that students’ are working at a level appropriate for their ability and that this level is constantly being challenged upwards. Questions should successively infer progression or a development of a learning concept. Differentiated tasks prevent work becoming too easy, which can occur with rote style learning as can be the case with some traditional worksheets and old-style textbooks.
Differentiation is important because……