Patti Kelly Ralabate and Loui Lord Nelson-both influential early adopters of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)-braid two ‘hot’ frameworks, Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) and UDL, to help teachers address the needs of English Learners in today’s classrooms.
With cultural and linguistic diversity in the classroom on the rise, educators are challenged to address the needs of English Learners ‘without diluting the focus of their educational goals and curriculum, and potentially sacrificing the progress of other students, ‘ write Ralabate and Nelson.
Culturally Responsive Design for English Learners uses UDL, which addresses the innate brain-based differences of learners, and CRT, a pedagogy that responds to learners’ cultural differences, to design culturally responsive instruction that’s inclusive of all learners. These frameworks are also brought together to specifically address the learning needs faced by English Learners (ELs).
In this essential new resource, the authors provide scenarios, reflection questions, and classroom-based exercises to support responsive instruction. Learn to design and craft goals, methods, materials, and assessments that help ELs optimize their educational experience.
Table des matières
Acknowledgments
PART I: A Foundation for Culturally Responsive Design: How Culture, Context, and Language Shape Learning
Chapter 1: Culturally Responsive Design Matters
Chapter 2: Learner Variability and CLD Students/ELs
Chapter 3: Culturally Responsive Teaching and UDL
Chapter 4: The Culturally Responsive Learning Environment
PART II: Applying Culturally Responsive Design to Second- or Dual-Language Learning
Chapter 5: Dual-Language Learning and UDL
Chapter 6: Culturally Responsive Representation
Chapter 7: Context Matters
Chapter 8: Culturally Responsive Lesson Design
Chapter 9: The Policy Foundation
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors
A propos de l’auteur
Loui Lord Nelson, Ph D, is an international educational consultant who focuses on Universal Design for Learning. A former special education teacher, Loui provides guidance in UDL to schools, districts, state personnel, and universities across the globe and is the author of the top-selling book, Design and Deliver: Planning and Teaching Using Universal Design for Learning (Paul H. Brookes, 2014), and A Tree for All (CAST, 2019).