Eficacia de la formación inicial del profesorado en diseño universal para el aprendizaje en el desarrollo de competencias docentes para la atención a la diversidad

Abstract

Diversity is an inherent quality of any human group. In educational contexts, students’ diversity in personal variables (such as socio-cultural and economic origin or native language), and in educational variables (such as prior knowledge, previous educational outcomes, interests and motivations, or specific needs), is expressed in a variety of ways of accessing knowledge, expressing what has been learned and becoming involved in the learning process. When this variability interacts with rigid curricula and teaching methods designed for an assumed "average" student, barriers to learning and participation are most likely to appear. The current paradigm of inclusive education encourages us to teaching using didactic models and approaches based on flexible curricular designs that consider the diversity of the students and maximize the learning opportunities of all. One of the most widespread and recognized approaches of this type is the so-called Universal Design for Learning (UDL)...