Structured Modular Intervention for Enhancing Universal Design for Learning Skills among Special Educational Needs Teachers in Inclusive Education

Abstract

The present research study entitled Structured Modular Intervention for Enhancing Universal Design for Learning Skills among Special Educational Needs Teachers in Inclusive Education aims to find out the efficacy of Structured Modular Intervention (SMI) Programme in acquisition of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Skills. There are 100 Male and 100 newlineFemale Special Educational Needs (SEN) Teachers registered with Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), and having valid Continuous Rehabilitation Registration (CRR) number are the participants. These 200 Special Educational Needs Teachers were chosen by Stratified Random sampling method from East Region (Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura), West Region (Goa, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli), North Region (Delhi, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh) and South Region (Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry and newlineAndaman and Nicobar Islands) Government and Non-government Inclusive Schools of India. newlineQuasi-Experimental design was carried out for the study in phased manner. Independent newlinevariables included in the study are Special Educational Needs Teachers Gender, Generation newline(age in range), Locality, Type of School, Level of Special Teacher Education, Disability Specific Specialization and Number of Continuing Rehabilitation Education (CRE) attended. newlineDetails were collected from the Special Educational Needs Teachers, through Personal Data Sheet and Universal Design for Learning -Self-Scoring Test (UDL-SST) Tool developed by the investigator. Pretest was conducted in the before phase, self-developed, Structured Modular Intervention (SMI) Programme was administrated in the intervention phase. After the Structured Modular Intervention Programme, same UDL- Self Scoring Test tool was used to assess the after and follow-up phases UDL skills of Special Educational Needs Teachers.