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Differentiating Instruction: Collaborative Planning and Teaching for Universally Designed Learning

by Jacqueline S. (Sue) Thousand, Richard A. Villa, Ann I. Nevin
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Overview

This comprehensive resource demonstrates how to combine co-teaching with differentiated instruction for all diverse learners using universal design for learning (UDL) and a unique retrofit approach.

Synopsis

This comprehensive resource demonstrates how to combine co-teaching with differentiated instruction for all diverse learners using universal design for learning (UDL) and a unique retrofit approach.

About the Author, Jacqueline S. (Sue) Thousand

Ann I. Nevin is professor emerita at Arizona State University and visiting professor at Florida International University. The author of books, research articles, and numerous chapters, Nevin is recognized for her scholarship and dedication to providing meaningful, practice-oriented, research-based strategies for teachers to integrate students with special learning needs. Since the 1970s, she has co-developed various innovative teacher education programs that affect an array of personnel, including the Vermont Consulting Teacher Program, Collaborative Consultation Project Re-Tool sponsored by the Council for Exceptional Children, the Arizona State University program for special educators to infuse self-determination skills throughout the curriculum, and the Urban SEALS (Special Education Academic Leaders) doctoral program at Florida International University. Her advocacy, research, and teaching spans more than 38 years of working with a diverse array of people to help students with disabilities succeed in normalized school environments. Nevin is known for action-oriented presentations, workshops, and classes that are designed to meet the individual needs of participants by encouraging introspection and personal discovery for optimal learning.

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Editorials

Cathy Orlando

"Finally, a book that puts it all together! An excellent desktop reference for collaborative teachers and administrators.Thoughtfully presents strategies that will yield success for our diverse learners."

Gwendolyn Webb-Johnson

"A very meaningful road map for approaching instruction that provides practical examples without giving a recipe. Foundations are laid so that individuals can design instruction to meet diverse learning needs."

Paula Kluth

"No other team of authors does a better job of examining 'what works' for students with a wide range of needs and abilities (including students with significant disabilities) while also taking seriously the charge of meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse learners."

Douglas Fisher

"Takes three very big ideas in education—universal design, collaboration, and differentiated instruction—and combines them in a novel and engaging way"

Jay McTighe

"Presents practical, feasible ways to get started with differentiated instruction. "

Carol Ann Tomlinson

"I look forward to the contribution this book will make to practice in diverse classrooms."

Education Libraries

“A practical resource and a teacher-friendly manual for both general and special education teachers who work with diverse students across grade levels and abilities.”

Jay Mc Tighe

"Presents practical, feasible ways to get started with differentiated instruction."

Book Details

Published
March 1, 2007
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Pages
256
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781412938600

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