Universal Design for Learning Across the Globe by Mamta Verma offers educators a practical approach to creating more inclusive and flexible classrooms. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience in India and the United States, Verma presents practical UDL strategies, lesson planning tools, reflection resources, and low cost classroom ideas. The book encourages teachers to move beyond the concept of the average learner and redesign learning environments to better support diverse student needs.
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Redesigning Classrooms, Not Learners: Mamta Verma Launches a Practical Guide to Universal Design for Learning
Houston, Texas – August 18, 2026 – Suppose that when a student is having difficulties the first question teachers ask is not “What is wrong with this child?” but rather “What can we change about the way we teach?”
The question is central to Universal Design for Learning Across the Globe, a new practical guide written by Mamta Verma, an expert in inclusive education with more than 30 years’ experience in the field of education in both India and the United States.
Verma questions the long-held idea that students have to adjust themselves to strict instructional systems; rather, she encourages teachers to reorganise the classroom so that the differences among learners are anticipated, respected, and supported right from the beginning.
The book presents Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as a practical framework aimed at producing flexible learning experiences which give students various methods of engaging with lessons, accessing information, and showing what they know.
Moving Beyond the “Average” Learner
Every classroom includes students with diverse interests, strengths, backgrounds, abilities, experiences, and learning styles. Yet many educational systems continue to be designed around the idea of an “average” student.
Verma contends that by designing instructions, materials, and assessments with regard to the varying needs of learners, teachers will be able to eliminate barriers before they turn into obstacles to participation and achievement.
As Verma explains, rather than asking how we can correct the learner we should be asking how we can improve the learning environment; small changes in the way that we design instruction can create meaningful pathways for many more students.
Practical Strategies for Real Classrooms
Universal Design for Learning Across the Globe offers educators practical solutions rather than just theory.
The book offers strategies which can be put into practice in classrooms that have limited technology, funds, and time. Verma demonstrates how teachers can make use of ordinary materials, peer learning, student choice, community resources, and flexible assessments in order to produce more inclusive learning experiences. Readers will find:
● Practical UDL strategies for everyday teaching
● Ready-to-use lesson-planning templates
● Student interest surveys and reflection tools
● Educator self-reflection checklists
● Low-cost and no-cost classroom ideas
● Strategies for increasing student engagement and choice
● Examples from educational settings in India and the United States
The book suggests that educators should start by making one small improvement, that is, adopt a “plus-one” change, rather than feeling the need to overhaul their entire classroom at once.
Connecting India and the United States
By drawing upon her experiences in two different education systems, Verma examines the ways in which UDL can be adapted to various cultural, institutional, and resource contexts.
The book provides points of view that are relevant to educators working in places such as rural schools in India and suburban schools in the United States; it also looks at the way in which inclusive education and UDL relate to major educational priorities, such as India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and IDEA in the United States.
The book offers a shared language for classroom teachers, special educators, instructional coaches, administrators, parents, and policymakers when considering inclusion as an aspect of ordinary educational practice.
A Call to Design for Every Learner
At its heart, Universal Design for Learning Across the Globe is a plea to reconsider the way that schools deal with difference.
The message that Verma is making is that students need not be required to conform to a one-size-fits-all system if they are to be accepted and achieve success.
If educators reshape the learning environment to take into account the different ways that learners vary, then they will be able to create classrooms in which more students have the opportunity to take part, to learn, to contribute and to succeed.
Universal Design for Learning Across the Globe can now be obtained from Amazon, the major online bookstores, and some retailers.
About Mamta Verma
Mamta Verma is a specialist in inclusive education and an educator who has gained more than 30 years’ experience in both India and the United States. Her area of work involves inclusive teaching, the variety among learners, Universal Design for Learning, and practical methods for establishing equitable learning environments. By means of her work and her writing, she helps teachers to turn the principles of inclusion into practical strategies for the classroom.
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