CYP6142 - Inclusion, SEN and Disability

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:

Set UK contemporary policy and practices regarding SEN and disability within an historical and international context;
Understand how values inform perspectives regarding segregation, integration and inclusion;
Understand the variety, complexity and ambiguities inherent in SEN and disability practice;
Articulate a defensible personal perspective regarding future inclusion policy and practice.

Content:

This module examines differing perspectives toward SEN and disability across time and place. Students will build on earlier study in applying their understanding of educational values, meritocracy, selection, inequality and social justice to SEN and disability.
Educational policy and guidance will be related to legislation and to changing attitudes in society. The UK chronological sequence within education of segregation, integration, inclusion and choice will be explained through reference to society.
The module will highlight the complex variety of challenges faced by education professionals in seeking to support students with ADHD, Asperger’s and autism, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, physical impairments and behavioural and social/emotional disorders.
Students will be encouraged to develop their own recommendations regarding future policy and practice that takes account of values, alternatives, prevailing political realties and practicalities.

Learning and Teaching Information:

This module will be taught through workshops and tutorials, some of which will be student-led. Students could be expected to prepare for the sessions by reading set texts and completion of tasks set in class or via the VLE and will be expected to take part in a wide range of learning activities.

Students may be required to prepare and present brief presentations as the basis for discussion.

Workshops
Total student hours: 12 x 2hr 24
Intended Group size: 50

Tutorials
Total student hours: 1.5
Intended Group size: 2

e-Tutoring
Total student hours: 2
Intended Group size: 1

Guided independent study
Hours: 172.5

Assessment: