ED4890 - Inclusive Education for Special Needs
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 4 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Core subject for all final year teacher education students. External Offering available only to RATEP students.
This subject provides preservice teachers with opportunities to develop skills for the recognition and appropriate inclusion of students with special needs in regular school programs (either early childhood education, primary or secondary). Students with special needs are those who require some form of curriculum and/or environment modification in order to participate in the regular classroom in a meaningful way. Students with special needs include those with gifts and talents, learning or emotional/behavioural difficulties or impairments (intellectual, speech and language, vision, hearing and physical). Students wishing to study this subject off-campus should ensure that they are able to access Web-based material. Information on requirements is available from the School of Education.
Learning Outcomes
- communicate effectively with the student, parents and specialists;
- critically analyse issues related to the education of students with special needs: normalisation, delabelling, integration, inclusion, legislation, policies, appropriate education (both age and level appropriate), quality of life;
- have a working knowledge of ascertainment procedures and "individual education programs" (IEPs);
- recognise the indicators of a special need and be able to identify appropriate educational assessment, understand the impact on learning and design appropriate educational strategies;
- show insight and concern for individuals with special needs.
| Prerequisites: | ED3093 or ED3193 or ED3293 or ED3492 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED4891 and ED5858 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Helen Boon |
| Lecturers: | Dr Helen Boon, Mrs Sue Kuhl. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Helen Boon |
| Lecturers: | Dr Helen Boon, Mrs Sue Kuhl. |
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - Not LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 04-Apr-2008 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Neil Anderson |
| Lecturer: | Ms Sophie Bitner. |
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| Assessment: | other exams (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Case-study conducted in schools. |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.