Unit 1- Understanding Differentiation
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Activity: what's my motivation?
Activity overview
Presumably, your decision to take this course means that you are hoping to make some changes in your teaching approach. Let's consider now what some of your reasons for taking the course might be. Open a word processor or a text-editor (Word, Notepad, or Textpad are fine) and create a new document titled "Current self-assessment". Next, complete the following sentence: "My current approach to delivering instructional content to my students is... ". Try to write a few sentences that explain the reasoning behind this approach.
Example: "My current approach to delivering instructional content to my students is to use the in-class lecture, because it is the best way of ensuring that each student receives the same body of material at the same time."
Identifying what works
Now make a bulleted list containing at least 4-5 aspects of your current content delivery technique that you feel are effective.
Example:
- Lectures can be carefully planned in advance
- Content can be easily recorded for future use
Identifying areas of concern
Finally, make a second bulleted list, this one containing at least 3 aspects of your current technique that are not working as well.
Example:
- Students with different learning styles may not adapt as easily
- Students feel low/no ownership of the overall direction of the class.