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Engaging Learner Diversity through Learning by Design

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A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies

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Diversity is a key issue in education not only because of ongoing inequalities in student learning outcomes, but also because of the importance of supporting each individual to reach his/her potential to contribute to individual well-being, social cohesion and national economic prosperity. This chapter focuses on how the Learning by Design pedagogy addresses diversity in two Australian high school classrooms. Through interviews with students and teachers, and analysis of student work samples and teachers’ learning designs, key factors that address diversity are identified. These include incorporating students’ lifeworlds and their individual attributes in learning designs, scaffolding learning, creating student agency, including challenge and intellectual quality, and providing a meta-language for students to participate in their learning.

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van Haren, R. (2015). Engaging Learner Diversity through Learning by Design. In: Cope, B., Kalantzis, M. (eds) A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137539724_15

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