Adapting to Diversity in Education

Adaptación educativa a la diversidad
This subject deals with how to adapt the content of the lesson to the different abilities of the students. The course is divided into two parts: first, you spend a couple of weeks learning the theoretical aspects of educative adaptation, then the time comes in which you have to get together with a group of four or five people and create a 15-page-long paper dealing with the adaptation of a particular subject of your own choice. This paper makes 50% of the final evaluation which also includes a final test in which you may choose an option among four. The test is not very difficult to pass if you manage to understand all the abstract concepts this subject deals with. As far as the teacher is concerned, he is sometimes a bit confusing in his explanations, but when you need him to help you with your paper he gladly does so. Attendance to his lessons is not required, although it might be useful for you to attend if your group mates are not in your normal group or if you’re having troubles with the task. All in all, I think this subject was useful for me in the sense that it made me realize the importance of adapting your lessons to the variety of students you may find in the classroom. Would I do it again? Probably, but keeping in mind the hard work I had to do to understand the theory which, after all, I was glad to do because it broadened my understanding of Education and of my work as a teacher.
María Fernández Valverde