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Dec 21, 2024
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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EDUC 0371 - Special Education Curriculum
Credits: 3
This course offers a foundation in special education curriculum design, development, and implementation. Course participants will investigate how special educators design and teach units reflecting high expectations that are anchored in rich content and authentic learning and assessment experiences. Culturally responsive curricula and teaching practices that meet the needs of all learners are explored and implemented through readings, discussions and guided activities in unit lesson development. Differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) are practices applied to a backwards design approach to curriculum development. The dual mandate of inclusion and meeting individual needs requires that special educators must develop a wide array of subject matter knowledge, develop skills in instructional approaches which support differentiation, use a variety of assessment tools, and analyze the results to continue in the design of effective and rigorous standards-based units of instruction. As part of the course, students develop a unit and apply course knowledge, skills and understandings. In their field placements students construct and implement lessons informed by assessments. Throughout the course, students engage in critical reflection upon all curricular components including cultural, linguistic and community responsiveness, the maintenance of a safe and well-managed classroom, and the development of a collaborative learning environment for students, families, and team members. A 30-hour field experience in an approved special education setting for students with moderate disabilities is required.
Prerequisites: Grade of B or better in EDUC 0221 , and in either EDUC 0319 or EDUC 0354 , or permission of instructor.
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