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When I was growing up I was taught to be submissive. To listen more and speak less. So how do I train a child who is just not like me and doesn’t share my values and ideologies. Just like Rabindranath Tagore says “Don’t limit a child to your own learning for he was born in another time. How can you effectively help this generation truly born in another time”?

“Every child deserves a champion an adult who will never give up on them who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best they can possibly be” - Rita Pierson

Teachers will agree that having a student who can’t sit still. Who seems disorganized and doesn’t seem to be paying attention can be their worst nightmare. The answer is to understand the strengths and challenges of this disorder and adapt your teaching and classroom accordingly.

Considering the widespread influence of technology, the objective is no longer how to teach children to use technology but how to use technology to best teach students - Dr Tunji Olaopa (2013). How do we effectively support this digital generation? How can practitioners change and re-invent themselves so that they are well positioned to teach this generation of students?

Many times as professionals we are more concerned about what our colleagues think and how they might judge us and this affects the way we respond to issues around safeguarding.

What does differentiation mean and why is it important. Differentiation is defined by the Training and Development Agency for Schools as ‘the process by which differences between learners are accommodated so that all students in a group have the best possible chance of learning’.