UDL and Curriculum Barriers

My last posts have been focused on UDL and what it means in the terms of the classroom.  We learned the definition of UDL and what methods and strategies are used to incorporate this into the classroom.  I have provided resources that educators as well as ordinary people can use to research this topic in detail. For my next assignment we were given the task of looking up “Curriculum Barriers”. Curriculum Barriers are barriers that certain students in your class we hit because the subject manner is being taught in a way they don’t understand.  As discussed, all students in your classroom will have different learning styles. NO TWO STUDENTS will learn alike.  The CAST website did a wonderful job once again in breaking this down into information that could be understood by all. This link CAST Info will hi-light the main information needed.

You will note that there are three main components to this homepage: 

Curriculum Barriers Tutorial

Curriculum Barriers Tool 

Curriculum Barriers Template 

For someone in education or going into education I recommend the use of the Curriculum Barrier Template, it can be found here Template. 

The blank template looks like this, 

This could be used in the classroom for any student, no matter their strength or disability. This will allow you as the teacher to be aware of their student quality and their barriers. The great thing about it that you can keep adding to it and keep it as a record. It would be a quick go to resource when you are looking at plans and you need to do some modifications. Before is an example of completed Curriculum Barrier.

I suggest keeping these examples somewhere easily accessible in your classroom.  

My next few blogs will pertain to Curriculum Barriers. Check back soon so you can see what this means in terms of lesson plans!