Recent years have seen a highly structured responsive approach to learning come into force. In its practice it has been credited for taking into perspective the learning requirements of all participants of the class. Further the learning model has been tailored for teaching practice based on this information. This new model which first found root in America is referred to as Personalized Learning (New Economy, 2004). It is built upon an ethos which advocates that all pupils to progress achieve as well as participate whilst at the same time strengthening the linkage that ought to exist between learning and teaching through the engagement of the pupils and their parents who participate as partners. Such a model can only be achieved via an informed planning coupled by target setting.
Individualized learning was developed and found a footing in the academic systems in the 1970s (Joyce, Weil and Calhoun, 2000). This rose as an alternative approach to the previously used traditional group instructional approaches. The individualized learning model was framed in such a way that it allowed students to have more time as well as receive appropriate instruction where they so needed it. Further, the model’s curriculum content as well as the work that was undertaken by the said students was determined and evaluated by their classroom teacher. There was however recognition by Joyce et al. that due to the modern advancements in the fields of instructional technology, there has been a greater possibility of individualization being a general possibility at date.
This model has been credited for a few things. Firstly, it is known for its ability to challenge the able learners. This is because this system is well modeled in order to raise a learn...
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Differentiated instruction adapts learning to the students’ unique differences. It is a must for teachers to learn as much about each student as possible. Understanding students helps guide teachers’ decisions to match appropriate materials and strategies to each learner’s needs. The strategies and activities are student-centered, based on readiness, planned with flexible grouping designs, and changed as needed to meet the needs of all learners. These personalized experiences give students access to all of the information and skills they can assimilate in their learning journeys (Chapman & King, 2005). This approach meets the academic and related needs of a wide array of diverse learners in schools (Edwards, Carr, & Siegel 2006).
Personalizing learning for students takes the idea of differentiating instruction to fit the needs of your students is vitally important to fostering an environment that makes ...
The disadvantages in individual learning is the student may have a difficulty when he works in groups or when using cooperative learning, because the student usually work by him or herself. The student also became more competitive in group grading
Classrooms of today are full of students with varying learning abilities and styles, therefore teachers are put in a position to involve each of their students equally so that everyone has the greatest chance of success in their learning. There are many different ways teachers are able to set up the learning environment in order to maximise teaching and learning and cater for the diverse needs of their students. I will attempt to discuss in detail some of these strategies and unpack the potential advantages and difficulties that follow.
I agree with the Greater personalization and customamization of the products. For the below reasons and some of the cons and pros associayted with it and how to overcome them.
...ualized plan due to time constraints, it is reasonable to treat each student as they do have an individualized education. Teachers should know their students well enough to individualize the classroom activities so all students have strengths in each lesson. Through collaborative efforts, teachers can gain knowledge about the students and new ways to teach according to different learning styles. Working together, each student can receive an individualized education where their full potential is used.
Modern classrooms are essential to students and their education. the learning space should be contemporary and enable for learners of all learning styles and methods. it is essential that focus is on the learner and that their environment is created to aid them. As stated, it is important for classrooms to implement both a behaviourist approach as well as a social-cultural approach. this allows for the lack of intimate education with the child on a personal level to be achieved and create self-fulfilled learners. It caters for a broader range of teaching and allows for students to be taught more creative principles, where the behaviourist approach fails.
...itutional setting. The proposal drafted in this paper is to continue to employ the model by Morrison, Ross and Kemp because it promotes the most flexibility as well as continuous execution and evaluation of the instructional design (Hanley, 2009).
‘’ Each learner is unique and has individual need. If the needs of our learners are discovered and met, the chances of success are greatly increased.’’ (Petty, 2004, p.496).Our role as educators is to diagnose the learners’ needs and differences, to strategically plan for
Nordlund, M. (2003). Differentiated instruction: Meeting the educational needs of all students in your classroom. Lanham, MD. Scarecrow Press.
Therefore the teacher proactively plans a variety of ways to ‘get at’ and express learning” (Tomlinson, 2001, p. 3). Planning for a variety of teaching strategies does not mean giving more work to the smart children. Instead the teacher must assess who understands the material, who is struggling, who needs to be challenged and decide what or how to teach the students from there (Tomlinson, 2001). Differentiation should occur naturally and involve individual, class and group work to allow for the differences in all students and all subjects of study (Tomlinson, 2001). Probably the most important aspect of differentiation is the idea of challenging all learners at their level instead of giving extra work to those students whom learn the concepts quickly.
...ust take place. First, informal assessments must occur to understand the learning level of students and skill areas needing to improve. Using interest surveys help in planning for activities to keep students engaged in the learning process. Next, assignments must match the student’s learning and instructional level. In addition, incorporating flexible grouping by learning styles, interests, and intelligences affords the learner a better chance of success. Finally, differentiated instruction is slowly leaning towards personal learning where students choose their own paths through the curriculum reported Richardson (2012b). In my opinion, this will be the future of education, as classrooms of this nature will cultivate self-paced, self-interested, and self-motivated students who fully take on the responsibility of their education, while doing so alongside the teacher.
Due to the development of ICT, adaptive learning, which takes into account individual learners’ needs, is changing. Learners’ learning styles are one of the most significant characteristics. They can be categorized according to a number of criteria which are based on cognitive and emotional components of personality. Their combination leads to the countless individual variants of real learning methods which – to a certain degree – can be influenced by the current e-learning resources. When the e-learning resources can react to the learners’ input characteristics or their learning results, they become adaptive e-learning systems (AES) or intelligent AES.
In the process of completing this coursework, I have realised that every teacher should be all-rounded and equipped with adequate skills of educating others as well as self-learning. As a future educator, we need make sure that our knowledge is always up-to-date and applicable in the process of teaching and learning from time to time. With these skills, we will be able to improvise and improve the lesson and therefore boost the competency of pupils in the process of learning. In the process of planning a lesson, I have changed my perception on lesson planning from the student’s desk to the teacher’s desk. I have taken the responsibility as a teacher to plan a whole 60-minutes lesson with my group members. This coursework has given me an opportunity
The least recognized, most important people in this world are the educators. They must work hard toward inventing a method to help each individual student “be all they can be!” Teachers must try to stimulate students to create a hunger for learning and to expand their success in life. Teachers should be obligated to the need for the student’s individuality. To be able to teach targeting to the students’ needs will make a difference not only in the student but also in the future of our society. Today’s students are tomorrow’s future.