ERIC Number: EJ1340721
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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Teachers' Views on the Practices of Universal Design for Learning
Bedir, Gülay
International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, v14 n2 p1324-1342 2022
This study aims to identify teachers' views regarding the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices. Having a phenomenological design in accordance with qualitative research paradigm, the study hosted a total of 55 teachers working in the central districts and villages of Kahramanmaras in Turkey during the academic year of 2021 and 2022. The research data were obtained using a semi-structured interview form, and descriptive and content analyzes were used during data analysis. Examining teachers' views on Universal Design for Learning (UDL), this study revealed that the majority of teachers reported positive views regarding Universal Design for Learning (UDL) practices. They also stated that UDL practices would contribute to support individual differences in education, high-level efficiency, equality of opportunities in education, addressing everyone, versatile learning, facilitating learning, ensuring permanence, facilitating access to information, increasing the quality of education, and improving self-expression skills. However, they were determined to lack the necessary knowledge and skills in this regard (teaching students with different disabilities, teaching students from different cultural backgrounds, etc.). They also concluded that their schools did not have the necessary infrastructure and equipment.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Access to Education, Foreign Countries, Positive Attitudes, Individual Differences, Efficiency, Equal Education, Access to Information, Educational Quality, Self Expression, Special Education, Student Diversity, Inclusion, Barriers
World Council for Curriculum and Instruction. California School of Education, Alliant International University, 10455 Pomerado Road, San Diego, CA 92131. Web site: http://ijci.wcci-international.org/index.php/IJCI/about
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Turkey
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