Postgraduate Course: Inclusion of Children with Visual Impairment Policy and Practice (EDUA11137)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course will allow participants to relate and develop their experience in the provision for children and young people with visual impairment. |
| Course description |
This course will allow participants to relate and develop their experience in the provision for children and young people with visual impairment. The changing role and responsibilities of the specialised teacher and other professionals within the context of inclusion will be addressed.
You will visit various schools and see different practice put in place as well as attending sessions of the policies and practice of inclusion within Scotland, UK and Internationally.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Deomonstrate Professional attitudes appropriate to working with, children and young people with visual impairment
- Critically communicate and discuss the knowledge and understanding of practical ways of facilitating progress for children and young people with ocular and/or cerebral visual impairment
- Demonstrate the skills in the administering of informal and formal assessment and the ability to apply the outcomes of these assessments through a range of curricular approaches, methodologies and adaptation of materials
- Critically evaluate the ability to work collaboratively with parents, and other professionals and to contribute to intervention programmes
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Reading List
Cheminas, R. (2001) Developing inclusive school practice: a practical guide David Fulton, London.
Erin, J. (2004) When you have a visually impaired student with multiple disabilities in your classroom AFB
Huebner, K.M., Bruhilde M. Stryker, D.Wolffe, P. (2004) The National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including those with Multiple Disabilities. AFB.
Lewis, A Norwich, B. (2005) Special teaching for special children? Open University Press.
Olmstead, J.E. (2005) Itinerant Teaching AFB
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Twenty four hours contact teaching, delivered flexibly. |
| Keywords | Policy Practice Visual Impairment |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mrs Janis Sugden
Tel: (0131 6)51 6204
Email: janis.sugden@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk |
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