EDF1087 · Foundation to inclusive education

Overview

This unit lays the foundation for studies of Inclusive Education and the subsequent units in this discipline stream. The unit develops your capacity to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities, in order to maximise their learning and participation in schooling. You explore key issues related to the education of learners with disabilities including those who may be disadvantaged because of social and/or personal circumstances. These students may experience exclusion and/or lack of opportunities for success in schooling because of ethnicity, gender, socio-economic disadvantage, chronic health conditions and/or a range of other circumstances. In the unit you will visit and build your understanding of various learning settings in which learners with disabilities are educated. You will explore policies, legislation and research on inclusive education practice in Victoria, Australia and worldwide, to inform your ability to show evidence of understanding the complexities of inclusive education.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. demonstrate understanding and critically analyse how society and schools understand and respond to individual differences to ensure inclusive education
2. build understanding of how a range of educational settings support the learning of students with disabilities
3. recognise how policies, legislation and research impacts on schools' and teachers' varied approaches to the education of students with disabilities
4. show evidence of understanding the critical roles educators play in ensuring the positive experiences and successful learning of learners with disabilities in various educational settings.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities; and • the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.