Teaching in Today's Inclusive Classrooms: A Universal Design for Learning Approach

by Richard M. Gargiulo, Debbie Metcalf

TEACHING IN TODAY'S INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS: A UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING APPROACH, 3rd Edition is a concise, accessible, and current 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. Aligned with InTASC and CEC standards, 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 material on Common Core State Standards, 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.

Genres: Education, College, Teaching, Nonfiction

528 pages, Paperback

First published February 20, 2009

Reviews

[Eric Bradley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overview of current trends in special education for K12 classrooms. Provides an overview of the U.S. court decisions and laws that guide special education, as well as the federally defined disabilities. With Universal Design for Learning as a framework, walks through various teaching strategies for working with students with various special education needs. As one new to this subject I found the content to be very helpful. However, the book is filled with various typos that is disappointed for a professionally edited textbook.

[Kay · Rating 1 out of 5]

incorrectly formatted for screen reading

Bad formatting meant I could not read this book. Publisher needs to spend more time making sure it is accessible on devices!

[Kaitlyn Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT for future teachers! Good reference book for the future!