scholarly journals Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Across Cultures: The Application of UDL in Kuwaiti Inclusive Classrooms

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402096967
Author(s):  
Huda A. Almumen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Inclusive Classrooms ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Inclusive Settings ◽  
Design For Learning

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the role of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in inclusive settings in which students with and without disabilities learn and gain knowledge. Five teachers from Kuwait participated in the study. Twenty-five consecutive observations were conducted to derive the primary data for this study. Interviews with the teachers were also used to support/add to the study’s results. Findings indicate that UDL is effective in engaging all students, including those with disabilities. The results also found that although teachers may have basic knowledge of UDL, they need more training and practice to successfully address the needs of all students, including students with disabilities.

scholarly journals Universal Design for Learning: The More, the Better?

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Marvin Roski ◽  
Malte Walkowiak ◽  
Andreas Nehring
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Epistemic Beliefs ◽  
Learning Gains ◽  
Inclusive Settings ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
Multiple Indicator ◽  
Science Classes ◽  
Mimic Approach

An experimental study investigated the effects of applying principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL). Focusing on epistemic beliefs (EBs) in inclusive science classes, we compared four groups who worked with learning environments based more or less on UDL principles and filled out an original version of a widely used EBs questionnaire or an adapted version using the Universal Design for Assessment (UDA). Based on measurement invariance analyses, a multiple indicator, and multiple cause (MIMIC) approach as well as multi-group panel models, the results do not support an outperformance of the extensive UDL environment. Moreover, the UDA-based questionnaire appears to be more adequately suited for detecting learning gains in an inclusive setting. The results emphasize how important it is to carefully adopt and introduce the UDL principles for learning and to care about test accessibility when conducting quantitative research in inclusive settings.

Universal Design for Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110319
Author(s):  
Sandra Levey
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Design Learning ◽  
The World ◽  
Design For Learning

This review presents the Universal Design Learning (UDL) approach to education. Classrooms have become increasingly diverse, with second language learners, students with disabilities, and students with differences in their perception and understanding information. Some students learn best through listening, while others learn best when presented with visual information. Given the increased number of new language learners across the world, the UDL approach allows successful learning for all students. UDL has allowed students to acquire information more effectively. UDL provides guidance to educators that is especially valuable for the diversity of classrooms and the diversity in modalities in learning,

scholarly journals Reimagining Disability and Inclusive Education Through Universal Design for Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Doolittle Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
White Male ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Regular Classroom ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Design For Learning

In 1975, Congress enacted a law eventually known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which ensures that children with disabilities receive a free, appropriate, public education. Since then, scholarly and popular debates about the effectiveness of inclusive education have proliferated and typically focus on the ability or inability of students with disabilities to succeed in so-called regular classrooms. These debates reflect widespread assumptions that the regular classroom is rightly the province of nondisabled students and a neutral, value-free space that students with disabilities invade and disrupt via their very presence and their costly needs for adaptation. But as many scholars in the field of Disability Studies in Education (DSE) have argued, these discussions often fail to recognize that the space of the regular classroom, far from neutral, is constructed for a nondisabled, neurotypical, white, male, middle-class "norm" that neither reflects nor accommodates the wide range of diverse learners within it, regardless of whether these learners have been diagnosed with a disability. A DSE perspective sees the educational environment, not students with disabilities, as the "problem" and calls for a Universal Design for Learning approach to education, or the design of instructional materials and activities that allows the learning goals to be achievable by individuals with wide differences in their abilities and backgrounds. Agreeing with this DSE perspective, this article uses an autoethnographic approach to reexamine inclusive education and to consider how university classrooms, pedagogy, and curricular materials can be improved in order to accommodate all students, not just those with disabilities. Ultimately, the article argues that Universal Design for Learning has the potential to radically transform the meaning of inclusive education and the very concept of disability.

Universal Design for Learning, Media Literacy, and Repeated Measures in Inclusion Classrooms

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Susan Rovet Polirstok ◽  
Barbara C. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Multiple Literacies ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Inclusion Classrooms ◽  
Design For Learning

This chapter highlights the role of universal design for learning in inclusive classrooms. How teachers design instruction to meet the diverse needs of all learners in inclusion classrooms is where the importance of universal design for learning lies. UDL is the “what,” “how,” and “why” of learning; its principles provide for multiple means of engaging students, multiple representations of instructional methods and materials, multiple types of student responses, and multiple means of evaluating performance. Presented from the context of multiple literacies including media literacy, this chapter explains how UDL can be applied in the classroom in concert with response to intervention, mastery learning, and repeated measures strategies. This chapter strongly argues the utility of using universal design for learning and its benefits for teaching in inclusion classrooms.

Examining Fatigue for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Through Universal Design for Learning

2022 ◽  
pp. 302-320
Author(s):  
Natalia K. Rohatyn-Martin ◽  
Denyse V. Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Inclusive Classrooms ◽  
Flexible Approach ◽  
Multilingual Students ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Design For Learning ◽  
School Day ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

In current educational contexts, Deaf or hard of hearing (D/HH) students are being educated in inclusive classrooms. However, academic and social outcomes for these bilingual or multilingual students remain highly variable indicating that meeting the needs for students who are D/HH continues to be challenging for many educators. Many D/HH students are reporting high levels of fatigue throughout their school day. To ensure the diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds of students are being met, a more flexible approach needs to be considered to address barriers described by D/HH students. As such, the authors use the Universal Design for Learning framework to discuss fatigue for students who are D/HH in inclusive contexts, particularly those who are bilingual/multilingual.

Using the SAMR and UDL Models to Differentiate Online Instruction

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-157
Author(s):  
Joanne Caniglia ◽  
Michelle Meadows
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Interactive Software ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Design For Learning

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss two frameworks that are useful for integrating and differentiating technology within online learning environments for students with disabilities: Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition Model (SAMR). Following a review of the literature of each framework, the interactive software program, Desmos®, will be used to demonstrate how to integrate these two models. Finally, the authors make recommendations that will support all students to benefit from an online environment and engage in inclusive learning experiences.

Universal Design for Learning and Differentiated Instruction in Physical Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 359-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mey A. van Munster ◽  
Laureen J. Lieberman ◽  
Michelle A. Grenier
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Traditional Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Design For Learning

The aim of this case study was to describe the distinct approaches used by physical education (PE) teachers to accommodate students with disabilities in New York elementary school PE classes. The participants included 1 adapted PE specialist, 5 PE teachers, and 5 elementary school students with various impairments. Through thematic analysis, observations and interviews revealed 3 main approaches: (a) normalized instruction—traditional curriculum with no differentiation in the program; (b) differentiated instruction—adaptations tailored specifically to the needs of each student with disability; and (c) universally designed instruction based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and accessibility to all students. Differentiated instruction, entailing modifications in the program and pedagogical accommodations, was the most prevalent approach at the research site, but lessons based on UDL principles were also observed. In association, the 2 approaches (differentiated instruction and UDL) represented significant resources to accommodate students with disabilities in PE.

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