It is important for teachers to use Universal Design for Learning to maximize learning for all students. By covering diverse teaching strategies, students are able to engage in areas of learning that will help them understand broder subjects. This is also a concept concentrated on leaving no children left behind. When teachers have to learn how to teach a group of students who are very diverse, he or she might have to accommodate particular needs that students might have. With the UDL, teachers are more ready for those kinds of challenges.
Give an example of how a past memoriable (good or bad) learning experienced was designed or NOT designed using each of the 3 principles of UDL:
Principle 1:To support recognition learning, I can remember using flashcards that were color coded to help me memorize specific material.
Principle 2:To support strategic learning, I can remember working on a projected where we had to make a plan of how we were going to make a marble take exactly 2 minutes to land on the ground when we dropped it, collaborate our ideas together, and execute those ideas to see if our plan worked. That kind of strategy was very helpful when learning how kinetic and potential energy works.
Principle 3:To support affective learning, I can remember memorizing the states by incorporating the names into a song. That type of pattern helped me remember... I still sing that song when I have to think of them.
I found your example of the principles taught in your class very interesting! It shows how many different ways there are to teach and that teachers are constantly coming up with new ideas that are fun and interesting, just like designers! I wonder how many new inventions will be made whenever we are teachers that we can use to mix design with teaching!
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