teaching strategies
Serious Games Improve Student Engagement in Music
A new, open access literature review in the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning highlights the impact of serious games (SGs) in facilitating music learning.
EDITORIAL
Universal Design for Learning: A Natural Fit for El Sistema-inspired Programs
Graciela Briceno, teaching artist and Foreign Service Officer, Accra, Ghana
Imagine that you are walking up a staircase that leads to a school entrance, and you notice a sign that says, “ramp located at the back door.” Okay, so the sign and the ramp make the building technically accessible—but a person who can’t use stairs has to go all the way to the back of the building, locate the ramp, and hope that the door is open.
What if, instead of a staircase in front and a separate ramp in back, the architect had created a walkway that incorporates stairs and ramps all in one place?
This is the foundational metaphor of Universal Design for Learning, or UDL.
