Resources

This article highlights the “three-block model” for Universal Design for Learning. The three components they discuss are systems and structure (administrative support), Social and Emotional Learning, and inclusive instructional practice. The authors state that the students’ engagement increased and the teachers expressed feeling more organized and relieved at their perceived increased self-efficacy to better serve students’ needs. This article will help inform the implementation of Universal Design for Learning with any educator I serve. Particularly, finding ways to implement a component of student choice to capitalize of naturally occurring sources of motivation.

This article is centered around teachers’ views and methods of including Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) techniques into their curriculum. The author’s provide some examples from teachers about how they included academic and non-academic activities into their classes to address each of the 5 components of SEL. Almost all of the educators identified SEL as important topics to cover from elementary school through high school. This article will help me serve an English Language Arts educator in implementing Social and Emotional Learning techniques by highlighting within-curriculum options as opposed to dedicating already limited time to extracurricular education.

This article compares the efficacy of teaching guitar skills in person (traditional instruction) versus a web-based design. With the use of large screens, condenser microphones, and pre-recorded videos, the researchers found that there was no statistical difference in implementing web-based guitar education to in-person instruction. This article will inform me in helping a music educator implement distance-learning strategies in his guitar class. Not only that, but I can extrapolate some of the information to apply to his other classes. For example, the fact that students can and did learn just as well with distance learning can be a stress-relieving and reassuring outcome. With this information, it should decrease the sources of stress in a naturally high-stress/high-effort  context for educators.