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Understanding Dis/ability
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EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability
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Teacher Education: Special Education
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<p>This unit is designed to introduce students to the theoretical perspective of Disability Studies in Education with a focus on understanding how socially constructed barriers can limit access, participation and inclusion. Students will engage with current literature, develop critical thinking and reflecting skills and assess their attitudes and approaches toward individuals experiencing dis/ability. The unit considers historical views of learners with additional needs and changes in educational approaches over time. Students will synthesise knowledge of current, historical and global perspectives to develop their understanding of how language, attitudes, policy and practice can impact educational provision and learner experience</p>
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<p>Topics to be covered<br>
• Models of disability: medical, social and biopsychosocial and stakeholder perspectives<br>
• Historical approaches to the education of individuals with disability, (exclusion, segregation, integration and inclusion) and their relationship to current legislation, curriculum, policy and human rights<br>
• The impact of current and historical perspectives of dis/ability on learner identity, wellbeing and safety<br>
• The use of ICT supports to enhance opportunities for learners to access, participate and engage in curriculum activities<br>
• Language, labels, culture, media representation; challenges and supportive strategies involving verbal and non-verbal communication<br>
• Disabled childhoods: Addressing the issue of power relationships to support inclusion, wellbeing and safety<br>
• Relationships between individual characteristics of impairment, disabling barriers to success and impacts on learning</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>This unit is designed to introduce students to the theoretical perspective of Disability Studies in Education with a focus on understanding how socially constructed barriers can limit access, participation and inclusion. Students will engage with current literature, develop critical thinking and reflecting skills and assess their attitudes and approaches toward individuals experiencing dis/ability. The unit considers historical views of learners with additional needs and changes in educational approaches over time. Students will synthesise knowledge of current, historical and global perspectives to develop their understanding of how language, attitudes, policy and practice can impact educational provision and learner experience</p>
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<p>Topics to be covered<br> • Models of disability: medical, social and biopsychosocial and stakeholder perspectives<br> • Historical approaches to the education of individuals with disability, (exclusion, segregation, integration and inclusion) and their relationship to current legislation, curriculum, policy and human rights<br> • The impact of current and historical perspectives of dis/ability on learner identity, wellbeing and safety<br> • The use of ICT supports to enhance opportunities for learners to access, participate and engage in curriculum activities<br> • Language, labels, culture, media representation; challenges and supportive strategies involving verbal and non-verbal communication<br> • Disabled childhoods: Addressing the issue of power relationships to support inclusion, wellbeing and safety<br> • Relationships between individual characteristics of impairment, disabling barriers to success and impacts on learning</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
070113 - Teacher Education: Special Education
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edbed1013">View unit fees</a>
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None
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None
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<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Examine and compare current theoretical and historical perspectives on dis/ability</p>
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<p>Describe ways in which attitudes and social mores build and contribute to dis/ability</p>
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<p>Explore legislation, curriculum and policy requirements relating to the education of learners with disability</p>
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<p>Identify and explain a range of pedagogical approaches that support inclusion.</p>
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<p>Investigate a variety of ways in which knowledge can be communicated and learning can be supported</p>
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<p>Discuss and articulate barriers to access, participation, engagement and achievement within educational settings and identify supportive options for addressing them.</p>
A1
<p>Produce a personal philosophy that supports accessible education for all learners.</p>
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<p>Demonstrate the capacity to support learner access, participation and engagement through selection and use of multimodal material and inclusive teaching strategies.</p>
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<p>Evaluate and reflect on educational scenarios involving learners with disability to provide a critical analysis of problems and resolutions.</p>
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<p>Multimodal Presentation: Students will work to identify a social issue experienced by persons with a disability and develop a multi-modal presentation responding to the social issue demonstrating principles of co-design, “nothing about us without us” and “do no harm”.</p>
<p>Multimodal Presentation</p>
<p>40% - 50%</p>
K1, K3, S1, S2, S3, A2
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<p>e-Portfolio Reflective Journal: Students will maintain a reflecting journal documenting (with links to theory) their learning journey, with links to legislative and policy requirements for working with persons with a disability. As part of this task student will maintain a reading diary of weekly readings</p>
<p>e-Portfolio/Reflective Journal</p>
<p>50% - 60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S3, A1, A3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability - Level Description for each FedTASK AQF 7Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
<p>EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability - Level Description for each FedTASK AQF 7Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability - Level Description for each FedTASK AQF 7Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability - Level Description for each FedTASK AQF 7Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
<p>EDBED1013 - Understanding Dis/ability - Level Description for each FedTASK AQF 7Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
070113 - Teacher Education: Special Education
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/edbed1013">View unit fees</a>
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