Topic 5: UDL and Social & Emotional Learning
Topic 5: UDL and Social & Emotional Learning
Emotion and learning are deeply, critically intertwined and the relationship between them affects academic performance yet, this connection is rarely part of the planning process when developing courses, nor is it made explicit within the activities themselves. The UDL principles provide actionable steps for educators to design educational activities that consider the role emotional variability plays in behavior and academic performance within the same student over time and between students.
Learning is also social. For students to gain new understandings they need to be able to learn from and with one another as skillfully as they can learn from materials or a teacher. UDL can help all students benefit from learning from and with one another by enriching the ways in which social learning can happen.
Our nervous system prepares our body to take immediate action based on the current goal, the setting, and learned experiences. The emotions associated with that appraisal impact our engagement, attention, and actions.
Topic Learning Outcomes:
- Explain why emotion is a fundamental part of the learning process.
- Explain how UDL can enhance social learning and ensure that all students can learn from one another.
- Determine variables that can be adjusted to address the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of experiences in the classroom setting.
- Apply the principles of UDL to scenarios that address the interplay between emotion, social awareness, and relationship skills and learning.
Topic Learning Outcomes:
- Explain why emotion is a fundamental part of the learning process.
- Explain how UDL can enhance social learning and ensure that all students can learn from one another.
- Determine variables that can be adjusted to address the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of experiences in the classroom setting.
- Apply the principles of UDL to scenarios that address the interplay between emotion, social awareness, and relationship skills and learning.
Topic Instructional Materials:
- See pages 33-36 in UDL eBook
- UDL on Campus: Emotion and Learning
- UDL on Campus: Social Learning
- UDL and SEL: How Do They Work Together?
- Episode 19 of the Think UDL podcast
- Understanding Trauma and the Brain Video
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