2.1 Inclusive Teaching

Adapting teaching so that learners with different abilities, languages, backgrounds, ages and learning needs can participate and learn successfully. Emerging Educators develop practical strategies for recognising learner differences, adapting instruction and creating equitable opportunities to participate.

Sub-topic	Keep / change	Rationale	Research/search keywords
Differentiation	Keep / strengthen	Probably the most broadly applicable inclusion skill for Emerging Educators; directly addresses heterogeneous classrooms	differentiated instruction, differentiated teaching, differentiated learning, instructional differentiation
Multilingual classrooms	Keep	Highly relevant given UnitEd's geographic scope and the likelihood of learners using multiple languages	multilingual classrooms, multilingual education, multilingual pedagogy, language-inclusive teaching, translanguaging
Mixed-age / multi-level groups	Keep	Particularly relevant for community and under-resourced education settings	multi-grade teaching, multigrade classrooms, mixed-age teaching, multi-level classrooms
Neurodiversity / additional learning needs	Keep, but broaden	Important, but "neurodiversity" alone is too narrow; the practical focus should be adapting teaching for diverse learning needs	inclusive education, special educational needs, additional learning needs, neurodiversity in education
Gender-responsive teaching	Keep	Relevant to equitable participation and classroom interaction, particularly in contexts where gender affects access or participation	gender-responsive pedagogy, gender-responsive teaching, gender-inclusive education
Trauma-informed teaching	Move to context-dependent / later	Potentially highly relevant in some UnitEd contexts, but not every Emerging Educator needs specialist trauma-informed practice	trauma-informed education, trauma-sensitive teaching, psychosocial support education
UDL	Keep as an approach, not a standalone topic	Useful framework for designing accessible learning, but shouldn't become theory-heavy	Universal Design for Learning, UDL education, UDL teaching strategies