ED3442 - Inclusive Education for Special Needs
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Core subject for all teacher education students. Limited offering available only to RATEP students. External offering available only to students enrolled in the ECE major.
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).
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;
- 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;
- have a working knowledge of "individual education programs" (IEPs).
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations.
| Prerequisites: | ED2488 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED4890 and ED4891 and ED5858 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Helen Boon, Mrs Susanne Edmond. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching (Online tutorial attendance at RATEP site as per schedule to be advised) | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Helen Boon |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Helen Boon, Mrs Susanne Edmond |
| Lecturer: | Ms Carla Anderson. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | other exams (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Helen Boon, Mrs Susanne Edmond |
| Lecturers: | Ms Janet Kirby, Ms Jane Brentnall, Mrs Susanne Edmond. |
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| Assessment: | other exams (50%); assignments (50%). |
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.