Dr. Pauric Travers:

I will be interested to see what comes out of the overall assessment of DEIS. I am not a particular expert in the area. A basic principle is that the teaching style should reflect the learning needs of the individual child rather than the other way around. Differentiated teaching is now the general expectation. One does not teach a class of X number of students and assume that one teaching style will meet their various learning needs. The teacher is expected to respond in a differentiated way. Where an individual student has an individual education programme, the teacher is expected to support it.