Teaching in todays inclusive classrooms: a universal design for learning approach

TEACHING IN TODAY'S INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS is a concise, accessible, and current main text for the Introduction to Inclusive Teaching course. It is the only inclusion textbook available with a consistent, integrated emphasis on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)--an important, contemporary educational philosophy focused on using strategies and tools to help ALL students by accommodating their differences. This text also provides foundational information about children with disabilities who are included in today's classrooms, and the most effective strategies for teaching them alongside their typically developing peers. Featuring new case studies and sound research-based teaching and learning strategies, this hands-on text offers pre-service and in-service teachers a practical, flexible framework for effective instruction, classroom management, assessment, and collaboration in today's diverse classrooms. INDICE: Part I: FOUNDATIONS FOR EDUCATING ALL LEARNERS.1. Teaching in Today's Inclusive Classrooms: Your Journey Begins.2. Introducing Universal Design for Learning.3. Policies, Practices, and Procedures for Special Education and Inclusive Education.4. Diversity in the Classroom I: Learners with High Incidence Disabilities.5. Diversity in the Classroom II: Learners with Low IncidenceDisabilities.6. Diversity in the Classroom III: Learners with Gifts and Talents, Learners Who Are Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, and Learners at-Risk for Success in School.Part II: PLANNING INSTRUCTION FOR ALL LEARNERS.7. Collaboration and Cooperative Teaching: Teaching Approaches for All Learners.8. Designing Learning that Works for All Learners: Academic, Social, and Physical Considerations.9. Assessing and Evaluating Learner Progress.10. Selecting Instructional Strategies for Teaching All Learners.11. Considering Behavioral Strategies for All Learners.Part III: IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES FOR ALL LEARNERS.12. Incorporating Assistive Technology and Innovative Learning Tools.13. Creating Literacy-Rich Environments for All Learners.14. Developing an Understanding of Mathematics in All Learners.15. Teaching Critical Content in Social Studies and Science to All Learners.

• ISBN: 978-1-111-83797-6
• Editorial: South Western
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés