A Closer Look at Culturally Responsive Instuction

3. Universal Design for Learning

The UDL Guidelines are a tool used in the implementation of Universal Design for Learning, a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. The UDL Guidelines can be used by educators, curriculum developers, researchers, parents, and anyone else who wants to implement the UDL framework in a learning environment. These guidelines offer a set of concrete suggestions that can be applied to any discipline or domain to ensure that all learners can access and participate in meaningful, challenging learning opportunities. The UDL is organized around the three areas of the brain that are engaged during learning. Click on the images before to learn more. 

Universal Design for Learning Guidelines

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.

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Reflective Questions

1. Are you most comfortable with the Why, What, or How of learning in your teaching?
2. What impact can that comfort area have on creating an instructionally equitable learning space?
3. Are you least comfortable with the Why, What, or How of learning in your teaching?
4. What drives that lack of comfort? Do you have a fixe or growth mindset about this area?
5. What would it look like for you to strengthen this area? What supports and resources would you need?