Lessons have to be planned to enable the development of progression and depth in knowledge, understanding and skill, and in the motivational interest of the learner. For further ideas about the role of planning in teaching and learning, see:
Capel, S., Leask, M. & Younie, S., Hidson, L. & Lawrence, J. (2023) Learning to Teach in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience (9th Ed). Abingdon: Routledge.
Drawing on the work of a range of authors, O'Brien & Guiney offer an analysis of the implications for learning of different forms of differentiation, whilst McNamara & Moreton provide practical guidance. Taking account of individual differences is one theme of Muijs and Reynolds’s wide-ranging book.
O'Brien T. and Guiney, D. (2001) Differentiation in Teaching and Learning, London: Continuum.
McNamara, S.and Moreton, G. (1997) Understanding Differentiation: A Teachers Guide, London: David Fulton.
Muijs, D. and Reynolds, D. (2001) Effective Teaching: Evidence and Practice, London: Paul Chapman.
