Evaluation and Research in Education
Editor: Professor Keith Morrison, Inter-University Institute of Macau
Associate Editor: Professor Stephen Gorard, University of York
Statistical Adviser: Professor Colin Baker, University of Wales Bangor
Reviews Editor: Dr. Emma Smith, University of York
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Volume: 12 Number: 3 Page: 140–152
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Approaches to Differentiation in the Core Subjects: The Experience of Northern Ireland Primary Teachers
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Brian Mcgarvey, Stuart Marriott, Valerie Morgan and Lesley Abbott
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This paper shows the ways in which a group of subject coordinators and teachers attemptto differentiate in the core subjects in the Northern Ireland primary curriculum. The views of the coordinators and
teachers were obtained through survey questionnaires on the extent to which they make provision for a range of pupil ability, the ways in which pupils are grouped, and the teaching strategies used to provide
differentiated learning experiences. The case studies carried out in parallel served to illustrate these aspects of differentiation, and also revealed some contrasts between the survey results and what
may be realistic in terms of classroom practice. Emergent issues as to the nature of differentiation in practice are discussed.
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