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Content: This module will focus on what we mean when we talk about inclusion and special educational needs in education. It critiques and interrogates these terms from the perspective of theoretical debates about what effective inclusion looks like, and the value tensions underlying such debates. Taking a broad international perspective, and working from specific real world problems encountered in the classroom, participants will reflect on possible solutions to such problems in practice and reflect on the underlying theoretical complexities that any solution entails. The focus will be particularly on early years and primary education, however, participants will also consider the implications of early experiences for later stages of development and the lessons that this holds for effective inclusion across the education sector.
Teaching Delivery: It is possible to complete this module in blended or online mode:
Blended: Learning mainly online, interspersed with face-to-face seminars and tutorials
Online: Learning takes place entirely online.
Indicative Topics:
- Introduction to Dilemmas in Inclusive Education
- Placing the Psychological in Context
- Language, Identity and Barriers to Learning
(Based on module content in 23/24 and subject to change)
Module Aims:
The module aims to:
- Introduce students to a range of critical theories and current and recent debates on the conceptualization of special educational needs and inclusion, with a particular focus on early years and primary education
- Enable students to understand the current tensions and debates between psychological and sociological perspectives on inclusion and their relationship to policy and practice, with a particular focus on early years and primary education
- Enable students to understand the ways in which early childhood experiences can have an influence on future development in primary and secondary phases, the place of such pathways in thinking about inclusion, and the ways in which such pathways can be critically considered from sociological and psychological perspectives
- Enable students to Integrate and critically apply the concepts considered to practical real world problems in the classroom, and in other settings
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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