incorporate innovative practices to respond to education of children with special needs
contribute to the formulation of policy
implement laws pertaining to education of children with special needs
9.00
Unit I:
Inclusive School
Meaning, concept and need of inclusive school.
Aims and objectives of inclusive school.
Role of inclusive school in modern times.
Inclusive classroom management.
Guidelines for adaptation for teaching and practicing.
9.00
Unit II:
Pedagogical Strategies for Special Students
Teaching strategies for inclusive classroom.
Strategies for teaching in an inclusive setting.
Cooperative teaching assignment.
E-learning and inclusive education.
Web based effective inclusive education.
9.00
Unit III:
Paradigms in Education of Children with Special Needs
Historical perspectives and contemporary trends approaches of viewing disabilities.
The charity model, the bio centric model, the functional model and the human rights model.
Concept of special education, integrated education and inclusive education; philosophy of inclusive education.
9.00
Unit IV:
Inclusive Practices in Classrooms For All
School’s readiness for addressing learning difficulties.
Technological advancement and its application- ICT, adaptive and assistive devices, equipments and other technologies for different disabilities.
9.00
Unit V:
Pedagogical Strategies for Classroom
Pedagogical strategies to respond to individual needs of students: cooperative learning strategies in the classroom, peer tutoring, social learning, buddy system, reflective teaching, multisensory teaching, etc.
Documentation, record keeping and maintenance.
Essential Readings:
SESSIONAL WORK (Any One)
Case study of a learner with special needs.
Making a report of visit to a resource room of SSA.
Interviewing a teacher working in an inclusive school.
References:
Dunn., L & Bay, D.M (ed.): Exceptional Children in the School, New York: Holt, Rinehart, Winston.
Hallahar, D.P & Kauffman, J.M., Exceptional Children: Introduction to Special Education, Allyn & Bacon, Massachusetts, 1991.
Hewett, Frank M. & Foreness Steven R., Education of Exceptional Learners, Allyn & Bacon, Massachusetts, 1984.