尊重个别差异：加拿大阿尔伯塔省教育管窥

Respecting Individual Differences：Impression of Alberta Education in Canada

加拿大阿尔伯塔省教育的显著特点之一是对学生个别差异的尊重。在教学组织方面，小学阶段照顾个别差异的手段主要有小班化，增加辅助人员，复式/分组教学，个别辅导，弹性化作业等；中学阶段的举措主要有灵活分级，开设丰富的选修课，为特殊人群设立特殊课程和特殊检测等。在作业方面具体体现为多样、自主、合作，创意空间，个人化加工，个性化小结以及对既有经验的关注等。这些举措受到大量研究成果的支持，其[日常低调]尤其值得我国教育者思考。

Respecting students’ individual differences is one of the salient characteristics of Alberta education in Canada. Generally speaking， liberal atmosphere is very helpful for it； in terms of teaching arrangement， the strategies in elementary school are small-sized class， assistant teachers and volunteers， mix-grade teaching， group teaching， individual tutorship， flexible schoolwork， etc； strategies in secondary school are flexible grade， elective courses， special tests and curriculum. As for schoolwork， it is embodied in multiplicity， self-determination， cooperation； space for creativity， personal understanding， attending forgone experiences and individual summarizing， etc. These strategies result from magnitude of research. The daily quality of these strategies deserves our attention especially.