Drama and

Universal Design for Learning

Presenter: Stephen Yaffe

email: basty@earthlink.net

UDL isn’t a subject.

It’s a verb.

It’s something you do.

UDL isn’t a subject.

It’s a verb.

It’s something you do.

Like drama.

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Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot• Dialogue/Monologue• Setting• Conflict• Resolution

Key Elements of Drama• Character

Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot

Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot• Dialogue/Monologue

Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot• Dialogue/Monologue• Setting

Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot• Dialogue/Monologue• Setting• Conflict

Key Elements of Drama• Character• Plot• Dialogue/Monologue• Setting• Conflict• Resolution

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We started with you.

We built from the inside out.

Choice is not a good in and of itself.

Core Tenet of

Universal Design for Learning:

Offer Multiple, Flexible Options for

REPRESENTATION

EXPRESSION AND ACTION

ENGAGEMENT

Drama is highly UDL

Naturally UDL

UDL is not one more thing for you to do.

But doing the same thing better.

UDL

Greater ability for students to reveal

What they know

That they know

What they can do

Access is just a starting point

RICHARD CORY

by Edgar Arlington Robinson

UDL is ALWAYS driven by your learning objectives.

“… UDL calls for the design of curricula with the needs of all students in mind, so that methods, materials, and assessment are usable by all. … A UDL curriculum takes on the burden of adaptation so that the student doesn’t have to, minimizing barriers and maximizing access to both information and learning.” 

From: Differentiated Instruction and Implications for UDL Implementationby Tracey Hall, Nicole Strangman and Anne Meyer (National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum, The Access Center, CAST, U.S. Office of Special Education Programs)