Snapshot—A Vision for Pre-Service and In-Service Learner-Centered Teaching Through the Arts

With the advent of Universal Design for Learning and expanding STEM to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math), many natural, innovative, and convenient pathways for integrating the arts into instruction have emerged. Teaching through an arts-integrated curriculum using the tenants of UDL offers a tangible vehicle for developing students’ problem solving abilities, communication skills, and active, meaningful participation in learning. In coordination with Gardner’s (1983) multiple intelligences, students’ learning may be transformed from passive to active by applying the UDL framework through an arts-integrated curriculum. This snapshot describes an example of an arts-integrated, learner-centered project that enlists tenets of UDL.