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The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation: Achieving Excellence for All
The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation is a practical, step-by-step guide to differentiation in early years, schools, and further education. Bestselling education author Sue Cowley shares over 90 strategies and techniques for differentiation from getting to know your learners to finding effective resources that will both support and extend their learning.
- GenresTeaching
144 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2018
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About the author
Sue Cowley
47 books13 followersSue Cowley is an experienced teacher, writer and presenter, whose specialism is in the area of behaviour management. After qualifying as a primary school teacher, she taught in a number of different secondary schools in London and Bristol. Sue has also taught overseas, at an international school in Portugal. She still works on a voluntary basis with children in local schools, to ensure that she keeps up to date with life 'at the chalkface'. Sue was recently called as an Expert Witness on behaviour, to appear in front of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education.
Sue is the best selling author of twenty books for teachers and parents, including Getting the Buggers to Behave, Teaching Skills for Dummies and How to Survive your First Year in Teaching. Her books have been translated into many different languages, including Slovene, Spanish and Polish. Sue has been a regular contributor to the TES and for Scholastic Magazines. She has written articles for a range of other teacher publications, and also for parenting magazines. She has also produced materials about behaviour management for the Open University / BBC. Sue has recently created a series of Positive Behaviour Management DVDs, in conjunction with educational company Creative Education.
A key part of Sue’s work is in providing training in positive behaviour management for schools and colleges around the UK and in Europe. She has given presentations for the National Union of Teachers and the General Teaching Council, for FastTrack and Advanced Skills’ teachers, to students at Cambridge, Bedford and Southampton Universities, to staff at the renowned Wellington College, and also to a number of deputy and head teacher conferences. Sue has also travelled to Europe to give training for teachers working for Service Children's Education, to teachers at international schools in Switzerland, and to teachers and trainee teachers in Slovenia. She combines her writing, training and presenting work with the wonderful job of being a parent.
Sue’s primary aim through her work is to give practical, realistic and honest advice to teachers and parents. Her books offer a combination of tips, ideas and strategies, written in an easily accessible and amusing way. Through the training courses that she runs, Sue puts across her ideas about teaching and behaviour management in a fun and engaging format.
Sue is the best selling author of twenty books for teachers and parents, including Getting the Buggers to Behave, Teaching Skills for Dummies and How to Survive your First Year in Teaching. Her books have been translated into many different languages, including Slovene, Spanish and Polish. Sue has been a regular contributor to the TES and for Scholastic Magazines. She has written articles for a range of other teacher publications, and also for parenting magazines. She has also produced materials about behaviour management for the Open University / BBC. Sue has recently created a series of Positive Behaviour Management DVDs, in conjunction with educational company Creative Education.
A key part of Sue’s work is in providing training in positive behaviour management for schools and colleges around the UK and in Europe. She has given presentations for the National Union of Teachers and the General Teaching Council, for FastTrack and Advanced Skills’ teachers, to students at Cambridge, Bedford and Southampton Universities, to staff at the renowned Wellington College, and also to a number of deputy and head teacher conferences. Sue has also travelled to Europe to give training for teachers working for Service Children's Education, to teachers at international schools in Switzerland, and to teachers and trainee teachers in Slovenia. She combines her writing, training and presenting work with the wonderful job of being a parent.
Sue’s primary aim through her work is to give practical, realistic and honest advice to teachers and parents. Her books offer a combination of tips, ideas and strategies, written in an easily accessible and amusing way. Through the training courses that she runs, Sue puts across her ideas about teaching and behaviour management in a fun and engaging format.
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November 8, 2022
A handy bible to keep for new teachers or those still unsure of the many different forms of differentiation. For experienced teachers there is little new to offer. Nevertheless a good book to keep on the teachers shelf to refer to from time to time or loan to colleagues.
January 6, 2019
Comprehensive and some interesting ideas. Great as a summary for an NQT or a review for a more experienced practitioner. Slightly more helpful for younger-aged learning settings.
February 27, 2020
Easy to read! Great and practical strategies!
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May 30, 2018The by-line for this book is “achieving excellence for all” and it acknowledges that differentiation is about “using different approaches with our learners, so that they can all make the maximum progress in their learning.” So, whilst it defends the necessity of differentiation, it is also a practical time-saving guide that relates to real-life classroom situations, with different approaches according to the age group you are working with.
The book is divided into five sections. Part one looks at pre-planning with exercises for gathering information on students, transition and using support staff. Part two, resources, includes the teaching space and technology with lots of useful examples. Part three deals with the learners, the students themselves; their needs, management and behaviour, whilst part four covers the teacher and teaching. Finally, the final part looks at effective assessments.
A useful book that can be dipped in and out of as and when needed. It covers a range of ages and different scenarios with practical advice and strategies to help both teachers and support staff. Approaching this from the viewpoint of a school librarian, I found the ideas and suggestions extremely relevant to working with students of differing abilities within a library setting.
The book is divided into five sections. Part one looks at pre-planning with exercises for gathering information on students, transition and using support staff. Part two, resources, includes the teaching space and technology with lots of useful examples. Part three deals with the learners, the students themselves; their needs, management and behaviour, whilst part four covers the teacher and teaching. Finally, the final part looks at effective assessments.
A useful book that can be dipped in and out of as and when needed. It covers a range of ages and different scenarios with practical advice and strategies to help both teachers and support staff. Approaching this from the viewpoint of a school librarian, I found the ideas and suggestions extremely relevant to working with students of differing abilities within a library setting.
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