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This course aims to provide students with a detailed knowledge of inclusion within the Scottish context. It will explore research on inclusion, policy documents and implementation over time. This will include specific additional support needs (ASN), including ADHD, Specific learning needs, Communication disorders and Social emotional behaviour needs.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 3 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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Throughout the course students will explore inclusive practice and policy in Scotland. Inclusion is a foundation principle of Scottish Education, and this course aims to develop students’ knowledge of the research and policy landscape that underpin the foundations of inclusion and inclusive practice in Scotland.
Students will explore a range of Additional Support Needs (ASN) as well as the need for differentiation in learning & teaching approaches for all children to provide equal opportunities and equal access to the curriculum. Students will explore the barriers to learning that give rise to the wide range of ASN including physical & socio-economic. Students will explore approaches to meeting these needs within a classroom including organisation and behaviour management techniques/ strategies. The course will provide an opportunity to gain broad knowledge and understanding of antecedents or underlying causes of children’s challenging behaviour as well as opportunities to study an aspect of ASN in more depth and detail.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 20 | Feedback Weeks | 24 | |
| Feedback |
3,000-word essay worth 100% of the course grade. Students will critically analyse research, policy and practice on a specific area of additional support needs. They will use this critical analysis to consider the potential implications for professional practice. Written feedback will be give online via the course rubric and the written commentary on Turnitin/MyAberdeen. |
Word Count | 3000 | |
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the considerations needed to support children with additional support needs in professional practice. |
| Procedural | Understand | Develop detailed knowledge and understanding of one recognized Additional Support Need. |
| Procedural | Understand | Develop critical understanding of the principles and policy of inclusive practices in Scotland and their impact on individual children. |
| Procedural | Understand | Develop broad knowledge and understanding of the concept of additional support needs in the Scottish education system. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 50 | Feedback Weeks | 2 | |
| Feedback |
Resit essay. Students will critically analyse research, policy and practice on a specific area of additional support needs. They will use this critical analysis to consider the potential implications for professional practice. Written feedback will be give online via the course rubric and the written commentary on Turnitin/MyAberdeen. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Procedural | Understand | Develop detailed knowledge and understanding of one recognized Additional Support Need. |
| Procedural | Understand | Develop critical understanding of the principles and policy of inclusive practices in Scotland and their impact on individual children. |
| Procedural | Understand | Develop broad knowledge and understanding of the concept of additional support needs in the Scottish education system. |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Analyse the considerations needed to support children with additional support needs in professional practice. |
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