A great amount of research has been published regarding pedagogical management of diversity. However, there is no scientific consensus in this field. The terms used are different and the various texts are inspired by distinct paradigms. In order to make sense of the modalities used in the literature, this article suggests an innovative analysis based on a comparative and clustering exercise. In conclusion, a visual representation is suggested in order to offer an overview of this synthesis. Without being exhaustive, the synthesis offers a good overview of the literature. Finally, this categorisation is purely theoretical and does not claim to illustrate applied teaching practices which are much less categorical in the heat of the moment and with regards to student diversity.