166: UDL as a Key to Equity

The Cult of Pedagogy Podcast

Jennifer Gonzalez

Education, Teaching, Instruction, Classroommanagement, Educationreform

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that rejects one-size-fits-all teaching by offering students options for how to engage, what materials to use, and how to demonstrate learning, and it's a solid way to offer a more equitable education to all of our students. My guests Katie Novak and Mirko Chardin help us understand how it works and walk us through a sample lesson that's gotten the full UDL treatment.

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0:00.0	This is Jennifer Gonzalez welcoming you to episode 166 of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast.
0:06.2	In this episode we're going to learn how universal design for learning is an essential tool for equity.
0:23.7	My local library has two different ways to enter the building from the parking lot.
0:28.6	A staircase or a ramp. Years ago when I would take my three kids there I would always take the
0:34.1	stairs but every time my kids would run up the ramp stopping every now and then to dangle from
0:40.0	the railing. The ramp of course was built for wheelchair access but anyone could use it.
0:46.5	That's universal design, the design of buildings, products, or environments to make them accessible
0:52.2	to all people regardless of age, disability, or other factors. It's not about creating
0:58.4	special options that are exclusive to one group but rather offering lots of options that people
1:03.8	can choose from to make something work best for them. Universal design for learning also known
1:10.5	as UDL takes that same principle and applies it to instruction. My guests Katie Novak and Mirko
1:17.4	Shardon believe that UDL is a big key to making schools more equitable for students of all backgrounds.
1:23.4	Their book, Equity by Design, Delivering on the Power and Promise of UDL offers a blueprint for
1:30.0	how to do that. In our conversation today we talk about the basic principles of UDL and give
1:35.6	a sample lesson of the full UDL treatment so you can see how it works. Katie has also written a
1:41.6	blog post for the site that covers the same information. To find that go to called Topetagogy,
1:46.7	click podcast and choose episode 166. Before we start I would like to thank Kidham for sponsoring
1:53.8	this episode. If 2020 taught us anything it's that the tools and routines that have traditionally
1:59.8	powered classrooms need more flexibility. If it taught us another thing it's that piecemeal
2:05.6	online tools cannot replace a well-designed quality curriculum. So how to maintain both flexibility
2:12.2	and quality. Is that too much to ask? At Kidham they don't think so. The Kidham Education
2:18.0	Platform houses curriculum instruction and assessment in one place and they partner with top rated
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