Dana reports from India:
Hi Ben,
We had some inclusion consultants come to our school this week as we are moving towards being a more inclusive international school. They played this video, “The Myth of Average” –
https://youtu.be/4eBmyttcfU4
When he talks about designing our curriculum so we teach to the edges, I think what you and Tina have come up with does just that. Kids of all ability levels succeed in our classes because we don’t teach to the average. We teach and they absorb what they can. We teach them to push themselves to be their best, wherever that is, and to know where they are at. We teach them to be self-aware as learners (I get them to self-assess with all the rubrics you’ve provided) and we talk about it with them. I can’t think of a better way to teach language in terms of teaching to the edges.
Dana
Hi Ben,
We had some inclusion consultants come to our school this week as we are moving towards being a more inclusive international school. They played this video, “The Myth of Average” –
https://youtu.be/4eBmyttcfU4
When he talks about designing our curriculum so we teach to the edges, I think what you and Tina have come up with does just that. Kids of all ability levels succeed in our classes because we don’t teach to the average. We teach and they absorb what they can. We teach them to push themselves to be their best, wherever that is, and to know where they are at. We teach them to be self-aware as learners (I get them to self-assess with all the rubrics you’ve provided) and we talk about it with them. I can’t think of a better way to teach language in terms of teaching to the edges.
Dana