Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in 45 - Session 2 of 2

Themes emphasized in the three principles include:

Engagement

• Centering, affirming, and sustaining learners’ interests and identities
• Emphasizing the role of belonging in teaching and learning
• Promoting the role of joy and play for learners and educators alike
• Cultivating empathy and repairing harm with restorative practices

Representation

• Authentically representing a diversity of identities, perspectives, and narratives
• Considering perceptions of people, cultures, and languages
• Valuing multiple ways of knowing and making meaning

Action and Expression

• Honoring and valuing a wide variety of forms of communication
• Centering and valuing forms of expression that have been historically silenced or ignored by addressing biases
• Challenging exclusionary practices to build more accessible, inclusive spaces and systems