Educational Inclusion through the Universal Design for Learning: Alternatives to Teacher Training

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. 303 - 317
• Main Authors: Diaz-Vega, Miriam, Moreno-Rodriguez, Ricardo, Lopez-Bastias, Jose Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); Access to Education; Classrooms; College Faculty; College Students; Colleges & universities; Curricula; Curriculum Design; Disability; Educational Needs; Educational Quality; Foreign Countries; Guarantees; Guidelines; Handicapped accessibility; Higher Education; Inclusion; Inclusive education; Instructional design; Learning; Learning Processes; Lifelong Learning; People with disabilities; Program Implementation; Questionnaires; Special Needs Students; Student Attitudes; Students with Disabilities; Sustainable Development; sustainable development goals; Teacher Education; Teaching methods; Universal design; universal design for instruction; universal design for learning; University professors; University students; Spain; Spain (Madrid)

Universal design for instruction (UDI) is a teaching strategy that has proved its value in the process of educational inclusion, resulting in a fundamental tool for the achievement of objective 4 of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The lack of time of university professors and the scarce...