Universal Design for Learning in a Changing World

Transforming Inclusive Education Through Theory, Practice, and Sustainable Innovation
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-21503-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Offering a fresh, internationally grounded account of how education can be redesigned so that no learner is left to adapt to a system built without them, this key title brings together international voices to move Universal Design for Learning (UDL) beyond theory and into lived practice, from early childhood to adulthood, in a rapidly changing world.

Positioning UDL at the forefront of contemporary debates on inclusion, the book traces inclusive education across the full lifelong learning span. Carefully curated chapters demonstrate how the philosophy of UDL enables educators to engage with a broad spectrum of learners, including those with disabilities, across all educational levels. It also includes practical learning activities to encourage sustainable practice and further thinking. Throughout, the book links learning to living, connecting educational design to quality of life and to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It closes by drawing these strands into a unifying, research informed argument for inclusive and sustainable education.

The book's originality lies in refusing a single, tidy account of inclusion and inclusive education, holding space and instead explores the tension between design and relationship, fidelity and critique, and global North frameworks and global South realities. Its recurring argument, the support paradox, shows how well-intentioned measures can create new exclusions. For students preparing to enter education, psychology, health and social care professions, it offers a clear, evidence-based foundation for grounding future practice in research, with sustainability as a guiding measure of success.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quirke, Mary

Bennar, Annjanette

O'Síoráin, Carol-Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Short Glossary of Key Terms

1. Universal Design for Learning: Reimagining Inclusion and the Rise of the Pracademic

2. The Power of Experience: Ethnographic Perspectives

3. Foundations of Inclusion Education in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC)

4. Embedding Learner-Led Pedagogy in Initial Teacher Education through Reflective Practice: A Northern Irish Perspective

5. Fostering Accessibility and Equity: The importance of the Teacher-student relationship

6. Beyond the Promise of Inclusion: Fidelity, Integrity, and Critical Reflection of Universal Design for Learning

7. Immersive Learning and Inclusive Education: Making Connections through a Universal Design–informed Framework

8. The Importance of Spaces and Places: Learning Environments, Physical and Online

9. Bridging the Gap Within: An Autobiographic Inquiry into Inclusive Mathematics Education and UDL in South Africa

10. The Future of UDL and Inclusive Education - A Call for Bold and Sustainable Change

The Work Continues

Über Autor(innen)

Mary Quirke is a Lecturer in Psychology at Griffith College Dublin, Ireland and an Education Researcher and Career Guidance Practitioner at Career Confidence.

Annjanette Bennar is Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Goodwin University, USA.

Carol-Ann O'Síoráin is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Dublin City University's Institute of Education Ireland.