Bloom's Taxonomy

A hierarchical framework originally proposed by Benjamin Bloom in 1956 and later revised, classifying educational learning objectives into levels of cognitive complexity: remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating. In accessibility education, Bloom's taxonomy is used to design training that moves learners beyond basic recall of WCAG criteria toward higher-order skills like analyzing accessibility barriers in real interfaces, evaluating design trade-offs, and creating inclusive solutions. Training programs that only target the lower levels tend to produce learners who can cite standards but struggle to apply them under real-world constraints.