Workshop on catering for learner diversity in the secondary English classroom: A practical approach

Date :

20 March 2015

Time :

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Place :

WP01, West Block, Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre

Aims of Activity :

• To provide teachers with an overview of classroom-level strategies for catering for learner diversity and scaffolding students' learning at secondary level

• To show how the strategies can be incorporated in lessons and units

• To provide teachers with hands-on practice of integrating the strategies into their daily teaching

Speakers :

Ms Pearl Koah, Ms Bridget Ip, Ms Ada Lam, Ms Patricia Pang

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Teachers shared their schools' practices in catering for learner diversity.

2:15 pm - 3:40 pm

•Varying the teaching materials:

Teachers analysed the strategies used to plan differentiated teaching and learning materials for streamed classes. They were also shown how materials could be adapted for mixed-ability classes by the inclusion of certain features, such as providing choices for students and creating open-ended tasks.

•Varying the teaching procedures:

Teachers learned how flexible groupings and various kinds of scaffolding could be used to cater for learner diversity.

3:55 pm - 5:00 pm

Teachers worked in groups to apply the strategies they had learned to a set of teaching materials.