IER0019 - Learning Sciences and Innovation Series: Collaborative Learning and Differentiated Instruction : Principles and Practice
This in-service workshop has been organised for teachers teaching primary and secondary levels. It unpacks the principles and strategies of collaborative learning to drive principled and practical ways to differentiate instruction by interest and readiness.
The closing date for registration is 21 August 2020. For more details on this workshop, please visit the following website
Course synopsis
Differentiated Instruction (DI) is an empirically-based educational approach prompting teachers to assess students and adapt their teacher according to the needs of the students. For DI to be successful, it needs to be supported by a sound theoretical basis to help teachers interpret data and adapt their practices in a pedagogically sound manner.
Collaborative Learning (CoL) is a common form of learning in our schools since its introduction in the ICT masterplan 3. Collaborative learning is a platform for students to work together based on interests and support each other in the learning journey. This creates a natural opportunities for purposeful differentiation that serves to bridge the differences and gaps between students working in groups. CoL and DI are immediately complementary.
This course is designed to provide teachers with resources to create a learning environment that will deepen individual student’s learning by adapting strategies associated with collaborative learning and differentiated instruction. Teachers will examine and deconstruct the practices of collaborative learning to drive principled and practical ways to differentiate instruction by interest and readiness.
Practical applications of ways to elicit and understand students’ interest and readiness; and ways to maintain their learning momentum in a collaborative setting will be explored throughout the course.