Enacting Differentiation in the Teacher Education Classroom: Practical Strategies for Modeling and Reflection explores the vital role of Differentiated Instruction (DI) in teacher education programs, offering practical strategies for integrating DI into courses across the program. It provides actionable tools and strategies for preparing future educators to meet the diverse needs of all students through engagement with and reflection on inclusive teaching practices.
Grounded in the understanding that preservice teachers need to see classroom instructional practices explicitly modeled, Sarah E. Pennington demonstrates how differentiation can be woven into teacher preparation programs in purposeful, authentic ways. By engaging with examples, strategies, and guided reflections, teacher educators can better prepare future teachers to respond to the diverse needs of all learners.
This book recognizes the challenges of teaching DI in higher education settings and offers practical, ready-to-use tools that can be applied across different content areas and program structures. Through a balance of theory, practice, and reflection, it supports teacher educators in both their individual courses and their broader programmatic efforts to foster inclusive teaching practices.
Main Features of this Book:
Reflection questions at the end of each chapter for both teacher educators and preservice teachers
Strategies and tools for enacting differentiation within four basic areas: environment, content, process, and product
Strategies and tools for pre-assessment to help plan for differentiation
Ideas for strengthening faculty expertise and building program-wide capacity in implementing differentiated instruction
This book is designed for teacher educators, program leaders, and professional development providers who want to:
Intentionally model differentiation in their own courses
Guide preservice teachers to critically reflect on inclusive teaching practices
Create alignment across teacher preparation programs around DI
Support faculty collaboration and professional growth in implementing equitable instruction
Enacting Differentiation in the Teacher Education Classroom supports teacher educators in integrating Differentiated Instruction into their courses. With strategies for modeling DI, pre-assessment, faculty development, and reflection, this book provides practical tools to enhance educator expertise and prepare preservice teachers for diverse classrooms.
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Sarah Penningtons book is a rare and essential resource for teacher educators. By making the complexities of differentiation transparentmodeling, naming, and unpacking each movePennington empowers educators to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This is the guide weve needed to help preservice teachers truly see, experience, and reflect on differentiation in action. -- Rebecca West Burns, PhD * dean, College of Education, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania * Sarah Penningtons book is a rare and essential resource for teacher educators. By making the complexities of differentiation transparentmodeling, naming, and unpacking each movePennington empowers educators to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This is the guide weve needed to help preservice teachers truly see, experience, and reflect on differentiation in action. -- Rebecca West Burns, PhD * dean, College of Education, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania *
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Enacting Differentiation in the Teacher Education Classroom supports teacher educators in integrating Differentiated Instruction into their courses. With strategies for modeling DI, pre-assessment, faculty development, and reflection, this book provides practical tools to enhance educator expertise and prepare preservice teachers for diverse classrooms.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Introducing the Differentiated Classroom to Your Preservice Teachers
2 How Assessment Supports Differentiated Instruction
4 Differentiation by Content
5 Differentiation by Process
6 Differentiation by Product
7 Differentiated Instruction across the Teacher Education Program: Building
Faculty Capacity
Appendix A: Graphic Organizer for Utilization of the Dual Role Reflection
Model
Appendix B: Synthesis Reflection Questions for Instructors and Preservice
Teachers
Appendix C: Preservice Teacher Questions for Reflecting on Differentiated
Instruction within Clinical Placements
References
Index
Author Biography
Sarah E. Pennington is an associate professor in education at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. Her teaching experience spans K-12 public schools, private colleges, and large public universities. Her research interests include middle grades education, teacher education, and adolescent literacy motivation.
