Inclusive Education


COURSE OUTLINE

  • GENERAL
SCHOOL EDUCATION SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT PRIMARY EDUCATION
LEVEL OF STUDIES LEVEL 6
COURSE CODE   SEMESTER 4th
COURSE TITLE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
If the ECTS Credits are distributed in distinct parts of the course e.g. lectures, labs etc. If the ECTS Credits are awarded to the whole course, then please indicate the teaching hours per week and the corresponding ECTS Credits.
TEACHING HOURS PER WEEK ECTS CREDITS
3 5
 
 
Please, add lines if necessary. Teaching methods and organization of the course are described in section 4.
COURSE TYPE

Background, General Knowledge, Scientific Area, Skill Development

Scientific area
PREREQUISITES:

 

No
TEACHING & EXAMINATION LANGUAGE: Greek / English
COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS: Yes
COURSE URL: https://eclass.duth.gr/courses/ALEX03293/
  • LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes
Please describe the learning outcomes of the course: Knowledge, skills and abilities acquired after the successful completion of the course.
Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to:

• Identify the main models of understanding disability and grasp key concepts such as disability, impairment, ableism(LO15).

• Understand the socio-historical and scientific dimensions of education for disabled people in Greece and internationally (LO7, LO15).

• Comprehend and distinguish key concepts in inclusive education (e.g., exclusion, segregation, integration, inclusion) (LO2, LO15).

• Evaluate the economic, pedagogical, and social arguments and counterarguments for the inclusion of disabled students in general education (LO15).

General Skills
Name the desirable general skills upon successful completion of the module
Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information,

ICT Use

Adaptation to new situations

Decision making

Autonomous work

Teamwork

Working in an international environment

Working in an interdisciplinary environment

Production of new research ideas

Project design and management

Equity and Inclusion

Respect for the natural environment

Sustainability

Demonstration of social, professional and moral responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues

Critical thinking

Promoting free, creative and inductive reasoning

Equity and Inclusion

Critical thinking

 

 

  • COURSE CONTENT
1.       Course Introduction – Introduction to the Scientific Field of Inclusive Pedagogy

2.       Disability Studies in Education

3.       Models of Disability I

4.       Models of Disability II

5.       Illness and Impairment

6.       Ableism& Disablism

7.       Philanthropy & Institutions / Eugenics

8.       Discourse and Disability / Cultural Representations of Disability

9.       Origins of Inclusive Education Internationally and in Greece

10.    International and National Policies for the Inclusion of Disabled Students

11.    Arguments For and Against Inclusive Education

12.    Research Evidence on Inclusive Education

13.    Linking Educational and Social Inclusion

  • LEARNING & TEACHING METHODSEVALUATION
TEACHING METHOD
Face to face, Distance learning, etc.
Face to face
USE OF INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
Use of ICT in Teaching, in Laboratory Education, in Communication with students
Use of ICT in Teaching, Use of ICT in Teaching in Communication with students
TEACHING ORGANIZATION

The ways and methods of teaching are described in detail.

Lectures, Seminars, Laboratory Exercise, Field Exercise, Bibliographic research & analysis, Tutoring, Internship (Placement), Clinical Exercise, Art Workshop, Interactive learning, Study visits, Study / creation, project, creation, project. Etc.

 

The supervised and unsupervised workload per activity is indicated here, so that total workload per semester complies to ECTS standards.

Activity Workload/semester
Lectures 39
Bibliographic research & analysis 56
Assignment 30
Total workload 125
Student Evaluation

Description of the evaluation process

 

Assessment Language, Assessment Methods, Formative or Concluding, Multiple Choice Test, Short Answer Questions, Essay Development Questions, Problem Solving, Written Assignment, Essay / Report, Oral Exam, Presentation in audience, Laboratory Report,Clinical examination of a patient,Artistic interpretation, Other/Others

 

Please indicate all relevant information about the course assessment and how students are informed 

Written Assignment & Written Examinations with Short-Answer and/or Extended-Answer and/or Closed-Ended Questions

Written Assignment (20%) + Written Examination (80%)

The written assignment is submitted on the day of the course examination via the eClass platform.

The summative written examination (final) takes place after the completion of lectures during the examination period. Examination questions are based on the full range of knowledge covered in the course and include content from the textbook and accompanying materials.

Language of assessment: Greek / English

 

  • SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barnes, C., Oliver, M., & Barton, L. (Eds.). (2002). Disability studies today. Blackwell Publishers.

Slee, R. (2018). Inclusive education isn’t dead, it just smells funny. Routledge.

Watson, N., & Vehmas, S. (Eds.). (2019). Routledge handbook of disability studies (2nd ed.). Routledge.