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Is Differentiation Failing Your Students? | A Conversation with Alex Fairlamb
When Alex Fairlamb describes differentiation as having suffered a "lethal mutation", she means the tiered worksheets and pre-set tasks that quietly cap what children can achieve. Alex, Senior Advisor for Inclusive Teaching at Laidlaw Schools Trust and co-author of The Scaffolding Effect, explains how labels, unconscious bias and a flawed version of Bloom's taxonomy push vulnerable students towards lower expectations while piling extra workload onto teachers. If you lead teaching and learning in an international school, you will likely recognise the pattern in your own classrooms.
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