Developing an Ecological Approach to the Strategic Implementation of UDL in Higher Education

Autor/in	Fovet, Frederic
Titel	Developing an Ecological Approach to the Strategic Implementation of UDL in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 10 (2021) 4, S.27-39 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Strategic Planning; Access to Education; Students with Disabilities; Phenomenology; Consultants; Barriers; Campuses; Inclusion; Teaching Methods; Program Implementation; Ancillary School Services; College Students; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Consultant; Berater; Inklusion; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; Kanada
Abstract	This paper argues that, as Canadian Higher Education campuses embark on large scale Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation, it is essential for them to take the time to strategically consider inherent institutional challenges before pushing ahead. As a result, it is argued that ecological theory will represent a unique and powerful lens in this process of implementation. The first section of the paper examines two inherent dangers being perpetuated in current UDL drives on the vast majority of Canadian campuses that have embarked on this adventure: (i) overreliance on disability service providers, and (ii) a conceptualization of UDL work in silos. The second half of the paper focuses on solutions, and on the idea of developing a strategic approach to UDL integration framed around ecological theory. The paper draws on an analysis of phenomenological data emerging from the author's own lived experience as a consultant responding regularly to the needs of post-secondary campuses with regards to the institutional adoption of UDL. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01