Inclusive and adaptive teaching : meeting the challenge of diversity in the classroom

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From bestselling author Peter Westwood, this new edition of Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching provides a considered approach to meeting the ongoing challenge of inclusive teaching in the classroom and offers a range of strategies for good practice.\r\n\r\nThis comprehensive resource promotes a fully inclusive approach to teaching and outlines the necessary adaptations and accommodations that are often required in order to address the needs of the very diverse population of students now to be found in most classrooms. Drawing on the ever-evolving practices of inclusive education and research into learning theories, Westwood describes useful, evidence-based strategies for adapting curriculum content, learning activities, assessment and resource materials.\r\n\r\nFully updated to reflect cutting-edge international research and teaching practices, this new edition gives additional focus to the role of digital technology, differentiation, the teaching of STEM subjects and support for inclusivity in higher education.\r\n\r\nAccessible chapters in this new edition present:\r\n\r\nprinciples, aims and issues in providing inclusive schooling;\r\nsound pedagogical practices for adapting curriculum content;\r\nevidence-based methods for teaching mixed-ability classes;\r\nideas for designing and modifying teaching materials;\r\nways of implementing inclusive assessment of learning.\r\nEach chapter contains an up-to-date list of online and print resources easily available to teachers who wish to pursue topics in greater depth. This is an invaluable resource for both practising and trainee teachers and teaching assistants, as well as school principals, school counsellors and educational psychologists.