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A. Galkien
ė, O. Monkevičienė (eds.), Improving Inclusive Education through 
Universal Design for Learning
, Inclusive Learning and Educational Equity 5, 
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80658-3_7
Chapter 7
Development of Knowledgeable 
and Resourceful Learners
Alvyra Galkien
ė  and Ona Monkevičienė 
Abstract This chapter introduces a study carried out in the context of the transfor-
mation of the Lithuanian education system towards inclusive education, with the 
aim of revealing the educational factors that contribute to students becoming knowl-
edgeable and resourceful expert learners in the universal design for learning (UDL) 
approach. The UDL framework was chosen as a systematic reasoning instrument 
for the teacher and the school, aiding in achieving the development of expert learner 
qualities in every student in the general education context and ensuring the quality 
of inclusive education. The chapter briefly introduces the theoretical approach of the 
research, the context of Lithuanian education and the school where the research 
took place, which is relevant for the interpretation of the results, and other important 
methodological aspects. The research data show that applying the UDL approach 
helped the teachers to modify the educational process in order to develop in students 
the qualities of knowledgeable and resourceful expert learners. The results, pre-
sented in a structured manner in the chapter, reveal the process and contributing 
educational factors to students’ becoming actively perceiving, self-directed, 
knowledge- creating and co-creating learners and learners constructing their own 
deep comprehension. The research data reveal the methods used by the teachers to 
recognise and overcome the barriers in cultivating these qualities in their students. 
We also identified the emerging changes in teachers’ dispositions when applying the 
UDL approach and designing lessons aimed at promoting the qualities of knowl-
edgeable and resourceful expert learners.
Keywords Inclusive education · Universal design for learning · Learning barriers 
· Self-directed learning · Knowledgeable and resourceful learner
A. Galkien
ė (
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) · O. Monkevi
čienė 
Educational Academy, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
e-mail:
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