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Frederic Fovet

Frederic Fovet is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education and Social Work at Thompson Rivers University. He has previously held faculty positions at the University of Prince Edward Island and Royal Roads University. He has also been Head of Accessibility Services at McGill University for a period of four years, for the duration of his PhD. He was responsible, in this role, for the campus wide roll out of Universal Design for Learning strategies Frederic acts as a UDL and Inclusion consultant, domestically and internationally, in the K-12 and post-secondary sectors. Frederic was the instigator of and the Program Chair for the three first Pan-Canadian Conferences on UDL which took place in Montreal, Charlottetown, and Victoria, in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively. He has been a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (IJDSJ) since 2020 and has been invited to join the Editorial Executive in 2023.

Publications

Teaching Methodologies in Asian and Pacific School Systems
Teaching Methodologies in Asian and Pacific School Systems
Frederic Fovet. © 2025. 330 pages.
Educators in the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in delivering instruction and implementing effective teaching practices due to the lack of easily accessible and...
Cases on Effective Universal Design for Learning Implementation Across Schools
Cases on Effective Universal Design for Learning Implementation Across Schools
Frederic Fovet. © 2024. 403 pages.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows schools to shift their efforts to create inclusive environments, from a...
Universal Design for Learning Across Schools in the Global Context: Current Complex State of Play
Universal Design for Learning Across Schools in the Global Context: Current Complex State of Play
Frederic Fovet. © 2024. 27 pages.
This chapter serves as an introduction to the volume. It sets out key information about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in order to support the reader as they navigate the...
Incorporation of Virtual Tour Guides Into Tourism Class as an Online Engagement and Retention Strategy
Incorporation of Virtual Tour Guides Into Tourism Class as an Online Engagement and Retention Strategy
Haley Whitelaw, Frederic Fovet. © 2024. 23 pages.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has been evidenced as a powerful framework for the inclusion of diverse learners in the K-12 sector. Little attention has been paid, however...
Achieving Genuinely Inclusive Bilingual K-12 Education: Using UDL to Shift the Bilingual Classroom Irretrievably Away From Deficit Model Practices
Achieving Genuinely Inclusive Bilingual K-12 Education: Using UDL to Shift the Bilingual Classroom Irretrievably Away From Deficit Model Practices
Frederic Fovet. © 2024. 28 pages.
This chapter examines the pervasive and perpetuated deficit model perspective which informs much of the second language instruction which occurs, in relation to diverse...
Navigating the Gap Between Theory and Practice in UDL Implementation Within the K-12 Sector: Understanding an Ongoing Tension
Navigating the Gap Between Theory and Practice in UDL Implementation Within the K-12 Sector: Understanding an Ongoing Tension
Pamela Gurney, Frederic Fovet. © 2024. 31 pages.
This chapter examines the gap which exists between theory and practice in the K-12 Canadian school system in relation to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) implementation. It...
Exploring Accessibility in Online and Blended Learning: Universal Design for Learning as a Lens on Equity in a Post-COVID K-12 Landscape
Exploring Accessibility in Online and Blended Learning: Universal Design for Learning as a Lens on Equity in a Post-COVID K-12 Landscape
Frederic Fovet. © 2022. 20 pages.
The covid crisis has created an emergency public health situation in the K-12 sector globally that has imposed an overnight pivot to online and blended teaching and significantly...
Embedding Authentic and Effective Awareness About Mental Health in Pre-Service Teacher Training
Embedding Authentic and Effective Awareness About Mental Health in Pre-Service Teacher Training
Frederic Fovet. © 2022. 28 pages.
The chapter examines the urgent need for pre-service teacher training programs to integrate content on mental health. In the current neo-liberal context, there is increasing...
Ensuring Technology Integration in the Classroom Leads to Increased Accessibility: Using UDL as a Lens
Ensuring Technology Integration in the Classroom Leads to Increased Accessibility: Using UDL as a Lens
Frederic Fovet. © 2022. 25 pages.
Technology has been a revolutionary mean to offer students with disabilities the affordances they require to be able to access the mainstream classroom. It has been a...
Handbook of Research on Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Concepts, Case Studies, and Practical Implementation
Handbook of Research on Applying Universal Design for Learning Across Disciplines: Concepts, Case Studies, and Practical Implementation
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 547 pages.
Universal design for learning (UDL) has been hailed for over a decade as a revolutionary lens that allows campuses to shift their efforts to create inclusive environments. In...
Using Universal Design for Learning to Create Inclusive Provisions for Indigenous Students in Higher Education: Decolonizing Teaching Practices
Using Universal Design for Learning to Create Inclusive Provisions for Indigenous Students in Higher Education: Decolonizing Teaching Practices
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 22 pages.
The decolonization of the curriculum has become a much-discussed process in higher education, and it is particularly pertinent to the inclusion of Indigenous students in the...
Using Universal Design for Learning as a Lens to Rethink Graduate Education Pedagogical Practices
Using Universal Design for Learning as a Lens to Rethink Graduate Education Pedagogical Practices
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 20 pages.
Universal design for learning has gained interest from the higher education sector over the last decade. It is a promising approach to inclusion that allows instructor to design...
Exploring the Use of Universal Design for Learning to Reengage Students With Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Difficulties
Exploring the Use of Universal Design for Learning to Reengage Students With Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Difficulties
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 21 pages.
Approaches to students with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (SEBD) are frequently the subject individual interventions in schools that range from disciplinarian...
Universal Design for Learning and Active Blended Learning: A Phenomenological Exploration of Their Overlap in a Master's Program of Educational Leadership
Universal Design for Learning and Active Blended Learning: A Phenomenological Exploration of Their Overlap in a Master's Program of Educational Leadership
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 20 pages.
This chapter examines active blended learning and universal design for learning in context within the lived professional experience of the author. The tension between both of...
Exploring the Use of Universal Design for Learning to Support In-Service Teachers in the Design of Socially-Just Blended Teaching Practices
Exploring the Use of Universal Design for Learning to Support In-Service Teachers in the Design of Socially-Just Blended Teaching Practices
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 22 pages.
This chapter examines the pivot to online and bended learning which occurred during the COVID health crisis and highlights how blended learning has emerged by far as the most...
UDL in Higher Education: A Global Overview of the Landscape and Its Challenges
UDL in Higher Education: A Global Overview of the Landscape and Its Challenges
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 23 pages.
This chapter serves as an introduction to the volume. It situates universal design for learning (UDL) historically as a framework and examines how it has come to be explored and...
Rethinking Evaluation Within a College Pathology Course
Rethinking Evaluation Within a College Pathology Course
Elizabeth Anne Morch, Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 20 pages.
While the principles of universal design in learning (UDL) are increasingly considered and incorporated into course content, many courses remain evaluated in a traditional manner...
Using UDL in Graduate Programs in Education to Erode Pedagogical Tension and Contradictions: Doing What We Preach
Using UDL in Graduate Programs in Education to Erode Pedagogical Tension and Contradictions: Doing What We Preach
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 22 pages.
Faculties of education should be at the forefront of universal design for learning (UDL) implementation since their focus systematically includes effective, student-centered...
Maintaining a Firm Social Justice Lens During a Public Health Crisis: Lessons Learnt From the ‘Learning Pods' Phenomenon
Maintaining a Firm Social Justice Lens During a Public Health Crisis: Lessons Learnt From the ‘Learning Pods' Phenomenon
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 24 pages.
School preparedness for national emergencies and natural disasters has long been part of the literature on global education. The recent COVID-19 crisis, however, has demonstrated...
Anger and Thirst for Change Among Students With Disabilities in Higher Education: Exploring Universal Design for Learning as a Tool for Transformative Action
Anger and Thirst for Change Among Students With Disabilities in Higher Education: Exploring Universal Design for Learning as a Tool for Transformative Action
Frederic Fovet. © 2021. 23 pages.
The K-12 sector has sought to develop inclusive provisions for over two decades, but post-secondary education has not shifted as rapidly towards the inclusion of students with...
Beyond Novelty: “Innovative” Accessible Teaching as a Return to Fundamental Questions Around Social Justice and Reflective Pedagogy
Beyond Novelty: “Innovative” Accessible Teaching as a Return to Fundamental Questions Around Social Justice and Reflective Pedagogy
Frederic Fovet. © 2020. 21 pages.
This chapter examines how fully accessible teaching and learning, and particularly Universal Design for Learning (UDL), currently attracts much attention in higher education (HE)...
Using Universal Design for Learning to Optimize Flexibility in Assessment and Class Activities While Maximizing Alignment With Course Objectives
Using Universal Design for Learning to Optimize Flexibility in Assessment and Class Activities While Maximizing Alignment With Course Objectives
Frederic Fovet. © 2020. 24 pages.
Diverse learners are increasingly present in higher education (HE) and now represent a significant percentage of the student body. HE pedagogy has not always evolved rapidly...