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Lessons from Alison: a narrative study of differentiation in classroom teaching

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posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by D Geelan, P Christie, M Mills, Amanda KeddieAmanda Keddie, P Renshaw, S Monk
Teaching is challenging in part because, although school structures are to some extent modelled on industrial approaches in which the ‘raw materials’ are assumed to be very similar, human beings are endlessly diverse. Understanding the many differences amongst students, and treating these differences as teaching resources rather than deficits, is a powerful approach. This paper draws on teacher interviews and classroom observations collected during a two-year study of two regional Queensland schools to explore issues of ‘recognition’, ‘distribution’ and social justice. It uses narrative vignettes from a single classroom to provide an occasion for reflection on the part of the reader on how schooling can better meet the needs of students, and outlines six pedagogical practices for effective classroom teaching.

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Journal

International journal of pedagogies and learning

Volume

10

Issue

1

Pagination

13 - 23

Publisher

Routledge

Location

Abingdon, Eng.

ISSN

2204-0552

eISSN

1833-4105

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2015, Taylor & Francis

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