EDU311 Inclusive Education

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Course Code Course Title Weekly Hours* ECTS Weekly Class Schedule
T P
EDU311 Inclusive Education 3 0 6 Thursday 12:00-14:50
Prerequisite None It is a prerequisite to

None

Lecturer Almasa Mulalić Office Hours / Room / Phone
Monday:
13:00-15:30
Tuesday:
13:00-15:30
A F3.25 - 033 957 317
E-mail amulalic@ius.edu.ba
Assistant Assistant E-mail
Course Objectives Focus on broad topics affecting all individuals with an exceptionality; learn about prevalence of children and young adults with disabilities, learn about a framework for understanding exceptionality; examine cultural and linguistic diversity and its relationship to exceptionality; examine particular categories of exceptionality using a life span approach, intellectual disabilities; learning disabilities; attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; emotional and behavioral disorders; autism spectrum disorders; speech and language impairments; hearing impairments; visual impairments; and physical disabilities, health disabilities, and related low incidence disabilities;
Textbook Friend, M., Bursuck W.D. (2012). Including Students with Special Needs. A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers. Pearson.
Additional Literature
  • Rayner. S. (2007). Managing Special and Inclusive Education. SAGE Publications Ltd.
  • Dunn, L. (1973). Exceptional children in the schools (2nd ed.).New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
  • Gargiulo, R., & Kilgo, J. (2011). An introduction to young children with special needs (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
  • Gargiulo, R. M. (2012). Special Education in Contemporary Society. An Introduction to Exception. Sage Publications.
Learning Outcomes After successful  completion of the course, the student will be able to:
  1. understand, be aware of, and recognize exceptionally in all its forms,
  2. utilize different teaching/learning/assessment methods when teaching students with disabilities/special needs
Teaching Methods lectures in the form of short lectures and examinations; case research (through group analysis and discussion); analysis of peer presentation (through providing peer feedback); written assignments (through topics that have been previously determined, which will require research and synthesis of collected data); student presentations
Teaching Method Delivery Face-to-face Teaching Method Delivery Notes
WEEK TOPIC REFERENCE
Week 1 Introduction/Syllabus; The Foundation for Educating Students with Special Needs Syllabus, Textbook, 2 (Chapter 1)
Week 2 Special Education Procedures and Services Textbook, 30 (Chapter 2)
Week 3 Building Partnership Through Collaboration Textbook, 64 (Chapter 3)
Week 4 Assessing Student Needs; Quiz 1 Textbook, 98 (Chapter 4)
Week 5 Planning Instruction by Analyzing Classroom and Student Needs Textbook, 128 (Chapter 5)
Week 6 Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities Textbook, 166 (Chapter 6)
Week 7 Students with High-Incidence Disabilities Textbook, 202 (Chapter 7)
Week 8 MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9 Students with Special Needs Other Than Disabilities Textbook, 232 (Chapter 8)
Week 10 Differentiating Instruction Textbook, 266 (Chapter 9)
Week 11 Strategies for Independent Learning Textbook, 302 (Chapter 10)
Week 12 Evaluating Student Learning; Quiz 2 Textbook, 338 (Chapter 11)
Week 13 Responding to Student Behaviour Textbook, 368 (Chapter 12)
Week 14 What are Effective Strategies for Responding to Serious Individual Behaviours? Textbook, 391 (Chapter 12)
Week 15 How can You Help Students Manage Their Own Behaviour Textbook, 401 (Chapter 12)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Evaluation Tool Quantity Weight Alignment with LOs
Final Exam 1 40
Semester Evaluation Components
Presentation 1 20
Midterm Exam 1 20
Quizzes 2 20
***     ECTS Credit Calculation     ***
 Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload Hours Activity Hours Weeks Student Workload Hours
Lectures 3 15 45 Quizzes 4 3 12
Home study 1 15 15 Midterm Exam study 3 7 21
Final Exam study 3 15 45 Presentation 4 3 12
        Total Workload Hours = 150
*T= Teaching, P= Practice ECTS Credit = 6
Course Academic Quality Assurance: Semester Student Survey Last Update Date: 09/11/2023
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