Important to UDL’s emphasis on the mastery of knowledge is the understanding that all learners, regardless of their complexity or severity of support needs, can become expert learners. Being an expert learner is not about mastering content. Rather, it is about how one understands and experiences life and turns everyday experiences into opportunities to learn and develop. Teachers who recognize how their learners are resourceful, strategic, and motivated are able to encourage the mastery knowledge by building on their students’ expertise. They are also able to sustain their students learning of content. Most importantly, they are able to make their classrooms inclusive and respectful of all types of learner variability. The purpose of schooling becomes focused on developing multiple, meaningful paths to learning, rather than perpetuating a one-size-fits-all mentality of learning where the consumption of content is the main goal