What is differentiation? How can it be put into practice in primary science lessons? Is it really possible to provide differentiated learning activities for a class of thirty or more children? Taking a refreshingly pragmatic approach, Anne Qualter addresses these challenging issues in this book. Drawing on her own experience as a classroom teacher combined with research undertaken in a wide range of primary classrooms, the author shows that genuinely differentiated primary science is achievable. Using several classroom examples, she argues that differentiation is not simply about categorising children as more or less able but involves the teacher in complex decisions which take account of the child's understanding and a variety of other factors.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Exploring Primary Science And Technology .

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 1996 by Open University Press .

Dr Anne Qualter is Head of the Department of Education at the University of Liverpool Professor Wynne Harlen OBE, is a Visting Professor at the University of Bristol