In this post you will find:

• Five great books to read to move your UDL thinking

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Type UDL in any search engine and you will find a huge range of information on UDL. Although it is great that we have so much information at our fingertips, it can start to become overwhelming. Really who has the time to sift through all that information to find what you are really looking for?

What about going back to traditional modes of information and trying a good book? Here are five great UDL books that we, at Many Ways Education, have found helpful on our journey so far. We have compiled our top five and have given you a brief summary of why it is in our top five. There might be one below that is just what you are looking for.

1. UDL now! A Teacher’s Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning by Katie Novak

A Great Place To Start

UDL Now! A Teacher’s Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning is a great place to start if you are at the start of your UDL journey. It gives a general overview of the philosophy and the UDL framework. It also gives practical ideas to implement the UDL guidelines.

2. Your UDL Lesson Planner: The Step-By-Step Guide For Teaching All Learners by Patty Kelly Ralabate

The Lesson Planning One-Stop-Shop

This one will become one of your well used books for planning lessons using UDL. Each chapter takes you through a step of the lesson planning process but also provides real life examples from teachers and practical strategies.

3. Transform Your Teaching with Universal Design for Learning: Six Steps to Jumpstart Your Practice by Jennifer Pusateri

The UDL Guided Implementation Workbook

You should have this little gem in your toolkit. Its intention is to be a workbook to work through over time. This is a great book to work through in a book club or professional learning community. It supports reflection on current practices used and provides practical processes to move practice into using a UDL lens.

4. Universal Design for Learning in Action: 100 Ways to Teach All Learners by Whitney Rapp

Great Ideas That Can Be Implemented Straight Away

This book provides really practical strategies and ideas when considering the guidelines of UDL. It uses the language of engagement, input and output instead of the guidelines but is just as helpful. This is a great book to pull out when you are stuck for ideas to support learners.

5. UDL Playbook for School and District Leaders by Katie Novak and Mike Woodlock

A Great One For Leading The Work

This playbook models how UDL can be utilised and modelled with staff through conceptualising the work, professional learning communities, processes and resourcing. We love this book because it advocates for teacher efficacy as a driving factor in systemic change.

Here are our top five UDL books. We hope that you can find a little gem in these. If not, what is your number one UDL book? 

Until next time,

Happy Educating,

Sam

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