Inclusive Education
Resources
To explore Inclusive Education at Teach For All, we have a co-created community called the Inclusive Educators Lab. This is a space within the Teach For All network for any teacher, educator, or teacher coach to come together to explore how to make classrooms more inclusive. We learn, discuss, reflect, and share best practices through our bi-monthly newsletter, virtual community calls, and online discussion hub. Sign up to join our community here.
Below, you will find a curated selection of case studies, Inclusive Education Fellowship project overviews, and resources to support you in exploring research-based best practices for inclusive education with a deep focus on Universal Design for Learning, metacognition, and culturally sustaining pedagogy.
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Metacognition: How Thinking About Thinking Can Help Kids
This article unpacks the meaning of metacognition and how it can help children with learning issues to self-regulate and quiet negative self-talk. It also describes the type of questions to ask children to promote deeper reflection.
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The Teacher Solving Problems in a Remote Inuit Community
This video shows how Maggie MacDonnell, 2017 Global Teacher Prize winner, works with the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec. She uses students' cultures and identities to foster a holistic, culturally sustaining education.
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Universal Design for Learning: A Teacher's Guide
This article highlights the purpose of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), what it looks like in the classroom, and the principles of UDL that emphasize learner variability. It also looks at how families can support student learning through UDL.
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The UDL Guidelines
The Universal Design for Learning Guidelines database is a living, dynamic tool that is continuously developed based on new research and feedback from practitioners. It seeks to address critical barriers rooted in biases and systems of exclusion.
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Universal Design for Learning in New Zealand
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a core component of inclusive education in New Zealand. The Ministry of Education encourages the use of the UDL framework to create more inclusive and flexible learning environments.
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Good Thinking! — That’s So Meta(cognitive)!
This animated film about metacognition from the Smithsonian Institution shares a fun reflection on how and why to use metacognitive practices in the classroom. It shares strategies such as reciprocal teaching and concept mapping.