The Activities Organization in Differentiated Pedagogy: Proposals of Pedagogical Models High/Scope and Portuguese Modern School Movement

Abstract

The article discusses the contribution of pedagogical proposals by the High/Scope Foundation and by Portuguese Modern School Association (M.E.M.) for the implementation of Differentiated Pedagogy. Although Portugal has, since 2001, a law that apply the flexible curriculum approach, it is urgent that schools are "effectively for all". The pedagogical models most well-known in Portugal are the High/Scope model and the M.E.M. model (Gomes, 2011).

We made an exhaustive analysis of the principles underlying the Differentiated Pedagogy and the principles and proposals of those models. Then, with the case studies made simultaneously, into the classrooms where the models are implemented, we debate the congruence with the respective theoretical lines and the principles of Differentiated Pedagogy.

Both models are according of Differentiated Pedagogy theory and can be an excellent contribution to the quality of the way we want to tread, so that "the front of the school mitigate inequalities and simultaneously so that the level of education rises" (Perrenoud, 2000, p 19).