Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching: Meeting the Challenge of Diversity in the Classroom

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Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Inclusive education: How far have we come?
	Potential benefits of inclusion
	Inclusive schooling: Elusive but achievable
	How far have we come?
	From integration to inclusion
	Inclusive education today
	Factors important for successful inclusion
	Remaining dilemmas and tensions created by inclusion
	Resources
2. Diversity in the classroom
	Diversity
	Educationally significant differences
	Intelligence
	Aptitude and talent
	Intellectually and academically gifted learners
	Socio-economic status
	Culture and ethnicity
	Language proficiency, and English as a second or additional language
	Disabilities
	Gender
	Gender identity and sexual orientation
	Resources
3. Exceptionality
	Gifted and talented students
	Students with learning difficulties
	Students with intellectual disability
	Autism spectrum disorder
	Students with sensory impairments
	Students with physical disabilities
	Students with speech and language disorders
	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
	Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
	Behavior disorders
	Other exceptionalities
	Resources
4. Adapting curriculum content
	What do we mean by ‘curriculum’?
	Objectives and standards
	National Curricula
	Curriculum decision making
	Adapting the curriculum
	Modifying content
	Differentiating learning objectives
	Universal Design for Learning: A brave ideal as yet to be realized
	Beyond the content-based curriculum
	Ongoing issues
	Resources
5. Adapting teaching methods
	Overview of teaching methods
	Teacher-directed and explicit methods
	Interactive whole-class teaching
	Direct Instruction
	Adaptations within a teacher-directed approach
	Student-centered methods
	Adapting student-centered approaches
	Using digital technology
	The flipped classroom
	Benefits from adaptive teaching
	Resources
6. Adapting teaching resources
	Multiple representations
	Print materials
	Using traditional textbooks
	Adapting worksheets, instruction cards and online study notes
	An example of a differentiated worksheet
	Adapting non-print resources
	E-learning
	Assistive technology
	Resources
7. Assessment for learning and of learning
	Summative and formative assessment
	Observation as an assessment method
	Questioning of students
	Appraisal of students’ work samples and portfolios
	Objectives-based assessment
	Teacher-made tests and quizzes
	Published standardized tests
	Diagnostic tests
	Assessing students’ products
	Adapting and modifying assessment
	Dynamic assessment
	General strategies for modifying tests
	Modifications for assessment procedures
	Modifications for students with additional needs
	Adapting grading and reporting methods
	Resources
8. Support for teachers and for students
	Supportive school policies
	School-based sources of support
	Collaborative teamwork
	Special educational needs coordinator
	Behavior management coordinator
	Paraprofessionals
	Special education support teachers
	Parents, volunteers and mentors
	Peer assistance and peer tutoring
	Regional support
	Support from outside agencies and organizations
	Response-to-Intervention Model
	Supporting individual students
	Direct assistance from teacher or tutor
	Supporting students’ self-determination and autonomy
	Resources
9. Inclusive culture in colleges and universities
	Student population
	Inclusion in universities and colleges
	Students with physical disabilities
	Students with impaired hearing
	Students with impaired vision
	Students with specific learning disorders
	Students with mild autistic traits
	Resources
References
Index