UDL / Inclusion

Education should be adaptable to support the diverse ways students learn. However, not all education really values that. Reflecting on my high school experience in Vietnam, literature classes were inflexible and teacher-centered, prioritizing rote memorization and standardized text analysis. Students were expected to replicate predefined interpretations, leaving little room for creativity. Those who conformed earned…

Inclusive Classroom: A UDL Story Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that ensures all learners have equal opportunities to succeed by providing multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression (Meyer, Rose, & Gordon, 2014). Inclusion, on the other hand, is “a culture in which all learners feel welcome, valued, and safe, and it…

Universal Design for Learning and Inclusion Reflecting on my own learning experiences, I recall struggling with a high school economics class where the teacher primarily relied on long lectures and textbook readings. As someone who learns best through visual aids and interactive discussions, I found it difficult to grasp abstract economic concepts without graphical representations…

Universal design learning (UDL) though not generally practiced in Nigeria but you can see a bit of it in private schools. For public schools, it is still a theoretical concept with a lot of barriers to implementation. For example, large class sizes, lack of adequate training for teachers etc. I never had a problem with…

When I was doing my Bachelor of Science, I faced numerous challenges while learning about organic chemistry due to an instructional approach that heavily relied on lectures, verbal explanations, and static textbook visuals. As a learner who benefits from visual and kinesthetic experiences, I found it difficult to comprehend complex reaction mechanisms without the help…

During my undergraduate studies in India, I struggled with a statistics course because my teacher relied heavily on lectures and textbook examples without visual aids or interactive elements. As I learn better with visual representations, I found it difficult to grasp concepts like probability distributions and data analysis. Reflecting on this experience, I realize that…

    Embracing inclusivity and reflection on UDL The first time I heard of UDL, was when I started my studies at Thompson Rivers University. I did not really understand the concept at that time, but as time went on I began hearing about it more and more in the different courses. Only then I…

(P.S: the attached photo is when I was in a class of my Chinese middle school, if you are curious) From my perspective, the Universal Design for Learning is a beneficial and significant framework in this modern day of education, where societies are becoming more diverse and multicultural. The major reason why it is essential…

UDL refers to universal design for learning, which provides an equal opportunity for all learners no matter what their cultural background, nationality, race, gender or personal healthy situations are, and it satisfies the needs of all learners (Arella, 2019). As a learner, I benefited from UDL learning. In one class which I had before, there…

Approaches to Inclusive Education in Kazakhstan          In today’s rapidly changing world, the introduction of inclusion in education has gained significant attention among countries like Kazakhstan. The 2015 Conceptual Approaches to the Development of Inclusive Education in the Republic of Kazakhstan, a policy note adopted by the Ministry of Education, clarifies that…