21st Century Skills and DI
Monday, January 11th, 2010 by cat
The goals of 21st Century Skills-or 21st Century Learning-are important ones for effective differentiation. They suggest that each student should find support for critical and creative thinking, problem solving, and meaningful collaboration in the classroom in the context of meaning-rich curriculum. Such curriculum forms a great foundation for differentiation, and DI kicks in to support students in achieving these goals. That’s the idea of “teaching up,” which is critical to defensible differentiation. High quality differentiation never teaches down, but rather finds ways to lift students up to a high level of productivity.
