Differentiated Instruction as defined by the text is an instructional approach in which teachers create different educational experiences as ways to meet the learning needs of individual students (Gregory & Herndon, 2010; Tomlinson & and Imbeau). This is what got me I immediately thought this concept is great and has a lot of information. The different groups that are assigned to learn in differentiated ways are great examples of how to keep the student engaged and allowing them to do different activities with partners, groups, or the teacher. Another great concept of differentiated instruction is how student learning differences rise in four different areas:
- Readiness. How students' prior expenses have prepared them to learn academic material
- Interest. How curious or committed students are to learning what is being taught in school.
- Learning profile. How students learn best in formal and informal situations.
- Affect. How students regard themselves as learners, and how students regard the school as a place to learn.
Although this concept has a lot of information the only problem would be the challenges the teachers and students face because there is not enough time to accommodate every single student such as special needs, English learning students, or gifted and talented. Differentiating activities is only a way to engage the student and helping all students participate in class. It is not the best way but it is one step to keep the students minds learning while in the classroom.
Universal design for learning (UDL) was another great concept for me because it is like defines multiple ways to represent, express, and engage students. UDL emphasizes instructional goals, strategies, and materials so that almost every student to increase students leaning opportunities. The example the book uses was for a hearing impaired student that thanks to a powerpoint the student was able to see and read the definition of the vocabulary words this also being a great way to help other students because they also read and saw the material not just hear it. UDL is applying different ways to learn information, provide different ways of showing what they know, and increase their motivation. This is great for the students because all students learn differently and changing the learning situations can increase learning.
Multicultural education in the 21st century, had a lot of great information on diversity which is now seen more and more in schools. The best concept I have read because it gives credit to the all the people it makes the people one person it does not define race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality; what it is doing it is presenting the opportunity of multicultural education in different ways. It contains great resources for the teachers such as how to integrate the stories and histories of multiple people into every subject area. The students learn how to connect their school assignments with issues and concerns they are experiencing in their own lives. This sample lesson plan on multicultural education is great example of a lesson for diverse students. Multicultural education has grown quite a bit and with that has came the use of technology more than before with student's being able to research their own cultures, language, and background through technology this concept by far has it all to help the delivery and enhance the learning of the multicultural children of the 21st century.
Resources:
Maloy, R., O'Loughlin, R., Edwards, S., & Woolf, B. (2013). Transforming Learning with New Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education Inc
Education, A. (2015, January 30). Using differentiated Instruction to support all learners. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
Institue, T. E. (n.d.). Multicultural education online. Retrieved October 15, 2016 from teacher education institute
Ruiz, J. (2016, October 14). UDL 222. Retrieved October 14, 2016, from https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/fgf3UKjRtWx/?mode=movie#/
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