EDF5632 · Understanding inclusion in learning communities

Overview

This unit considers key issues relevant to inclusive education and its relationship with learning across different educational contexts. A central emphasis of the unit is on the ways in which education can be transformed to include all learners regardless of their age, sexuality, gender, class, ethnicity, disability and/or social disadvantage. The unit addresses three major areas related to inclusive education. First, the unit demonstrates how various social, political, and economic forces underpin and influence inclusive education practices at global, national and local levels. Second, the unit explores how barriers to participation are created overtly and covertly at community, school and class levels for selected members of the society (particularly for those with a disability). Third, the unit offers various ways in which barriers to participation and learning could be addressed and inclusive practices developed in different educational contexts.

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

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. identify the key aspects influencing inclusive practice
2. interpret and critically evaluate the reasons that result in some members (particularly those with a disability) of the society are excluded from participation in a range of educational and social activities
3. communicate evidence that explains the basis of exclusion from educational contexts
4. evaluate practices that strengthen inclusion across different educational contexts
5. analyse responsive inclusive practice for all learners including those with disabilities within a particular educational context.

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 288 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, 24 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 36 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. 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.