Current issues in education include the impact of: national and international policy statements; international comparative assessment studies; and equity and social justice issues including language, gender, culture and other forms of diversity.
Choose at least two issues that could be encountered in a typical middle school (yrs 7-10) classroom and explain how they would impact on students’ learning needs in your curriculum area and why they would require the teacher to adapt their pedagogy. (LO4, GA1, GA8)
Critically review the literature and policies in relation to the learning needs that you have chosen and propose some practical ways in which you would adapt your pedagogy to suit these learners and enable differentiation for diversity. (LO2, LO3, GA1, GA8)
Your assignment must make clear connections of these issues with your curriculum area and should include:
• Identification of theissues
• A critical review of literature and policies related to the teaching and learning needs arising from theissues
• Identification of how these issues impact upon the teaching and learning approaches in your curriculumarea
• Practical ways in which you would adapt your pedagogy to enable differentiation
