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What is Universal Design for Instruction?

What is Universal Design for Instruction? . By Samantha Canada. Universal Design for Instruction . I s an approach to teaching that consists of the proactive design and use of inclusive instructional strategies that benefit a broad range of learners including students with disabilities. .

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What is Universal Design for Instruction?

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  1. What is Universal Design for Instruction? By Samantha Canada

  2. Universal Design for Instruction • Is an approach to teaching that consists of the proactive design and use of inclusive instructional strategies that benefit a broad range of learners including students with disabilities.

  3. Not a Supportive/Encouraging Environment

  4. Differentiated Instruction The development of curricula should fully support every student's access, participation, and progress in all essential facets of learning. Classroom accommodations such as extra time on tests or the provision of a note taker. A student without a well-developed ability to see, decode, attend to, or comprehend printed text is compelled to adapt as best as he or she can. In contrast, a UDL curriculum is designed to be innately flexible, enriched with multiple media so that alternatives can be accessed whenever appropriate. Teachers may manipulate size, color contrasts, and other features to develop examples in multiple media and formats

  5. Creativity in Instruction! • A teacher following UD might help students in a social studies class to understand the location of a state in the union by showing them a wall map or a globe, projecting a state map, or describing the location in words. Also, while preserving the essential content, a teacher could vary the difficulty of the material by presenting smaller or larger, simpler or more complex maps • Provide multiple examples • Highlight critical features • Provide multiple media and formats • Provide ongoing, relevant feedback

  6. Good Teachers must be good models for Students!

  7. Common Modifications and Accommodationsas a resultof IDEA!PL 94-142

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