Adaptive Teaching

According to Standard 5 of the Teachers’ Standards (DfE, 2011) adaptive teaching is when teachers “adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils”. Specifically, adaptive teaching requires teachers to:

1. Know when and how to differentiate appropriately, using approaches which enable pupils to be taught effectively.

2. Have a secure understanding of how a range of factors can inhibit pupils’ ability to learn and how best to overcome these. Practical Guide To Adaptive Teaching

3. Demonstrate an awareness of the physical, social and intellectual development of children and know how to adapt teaching to support pupils’ education at different stages of development.

4. Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils – including those with SEND, those of high ability, those with English as an additional language – and be able to use and evaluate distinctive teaching approaches to engage and support them.

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