Respond to the following discussion item in 75-100 words.
Comment upon how this statement taken from pp. 5 –6 of the Tomlinson text featured this week relates to what does and/or should occur in your classroom and/or your school.
Please Respond…
“Differentiated instruction is dynamic: Teachers monitor the match between learner and learning and make adjustments as warranted. And while teachers are aware that sometimes the learner/learning match is less than ideal, they also understand that they can continually make adjustments. …. Differentiation …is a way of life in the classroom.
[The teacher] does not seek or follow a recipe… but rather combines what she can learn about differentiation from a range of sources to her own professional instincts and knowledge base to do whatever it takes to reach out to each learner.”
Tomlinson, C. (2001). How to differentiate instruction in mixed ability classrooms. (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
