In this session, education author and advisor Matt Bromley will argue that inclusion starts with equality - by providing all pupils with equal access to the same ambitious curriculum, not dumbing down or reducing the offer for those with additional needs. But equality is not enough - to feed all pupils the same diet is to double existing disadvantages. Rather, we need equity; we need to do more for those who start with less. And so, once we have provided the same ambitious curriculum to all, we need to deliver it in an inclusive way through adaptive teaching, by scaffolding for those who need more support. Matt will also argue that these scaffolds should be reduced over time so as not to perpetuate learned helplessness but instead to promote increasing independence.
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    Matt Bromley
    Education writer and advisor
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    Pete Henshaw (Host)
    Editor SecEd & Headteacher Update
    Twitter: @pwhenshaw @SecEd_Education