Key facts

UNE unit code: EDSP300

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Start
  • Trimester 1 - Online
Campus
  • Armidale Campus
24/7 online support
  • Yes
Intensive schools
  • No
Supervised exam
  • No
Credit points
  • 6

Unit information

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As a professional educator, your classroom of the future will be comprised of students with a range of learning needs, including those with learning difficulties or disabilities, and those who are gifted and talented. Your students will also come from an array of cultural backgrounds.

In this unit you will learn about educational strategies (i.e. support services and resources) that help you provide effective teaching and learning activities for all of the students in your care. You will complete the mandatory special and inclusive education content required for teachers employed in public schools (in NSW).

Offerings

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Teaching period
Mode/location
Trimester 1Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites
candidature in (2015-2017): BEd(SecMath) or BEd(SecMusic) or BEd(SecSc) or BSpecEd(Prim)/BDS) or BEd(K-12Teach) or BEd(EC-Prim); or candidature in BEd(Prim) or BEd(PacFocus) or BEdStuds; or BEd(InServConv) from 2017
Restrictions
EDSP400 or EDSP500
Combined units

Notes

This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

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Leonardo VelizHead of Department - Curriculum. Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education
Rose Mutuota

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of legislative requirements, principles and policies that support participation and learning of students across the full range of abilities, development and cultural backgrounds with reference to the principles of codes of ethics and conduct (GTSD 1.6.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.1);
  2. demonstrate an understanding of capabilities for learning (thinking, social interaction, language and literacies, and self-management) and how these may affect achievement for students who are gifted or who experience disability or learning difficulties (GTSD 1.1.1, 1.2.1);
  3. justify the application of teaching strategies to maintain a learning environment that supports full participation and engagement in activities, safety and wellbeing, and sound literacy and numeracy learning for all students across the full range of abilities (GTSD 1.6.1, 2.5.1, 4.1.1, 4.4.1);
  4. demonstrate awareness of models and research that inform differentiated teaching, with focuses on giftedness, disability, learning difficulties, and cultural diversity (GTSD 1.5.1, 2.5.1, 3.4.1, 6.2.1); and
  5. demonstrate a professional understanding of individual support cycles, services and resources available to teachers of students with special needs or students from different cultural backgrounds (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) and strategies for collaborating with parents, caregivers and other professionals (GTSD 1.4.1, 3.7.1, 5.5.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1).

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

TitleMust CompleteWeightOfferingsAssessment Notes
Assessment 1Yes50%All offerings

Written/Online tasks. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.4.1, 3.7.1, 4.1.1, 4.4.1, 5.5.1, 6.2.1, 6.3.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1

No. Words: 2000

Assessment 2Yes50%All offerings

Written/Online tasks. Relates to GTSD: 1.1.1, 1.2.1, 1.4.1, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 2.5.1, 3.1.1, 3.2.1, 3.4.1, 3.7.1, 4.1.1, 4.4.1, 5.5.1, 6.2.1, 6.3.1, 7.1.1, 7.2.1, 7.3.1, 7.4.1

No. Words: 2000

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Inclusive Education for the 21st Century. Theory, Policy and Practice

ISBN: 9781032396859

Linda J. Graham (Editor), Routledge Taylor & Francis Group 2nd 2024

Text refers to: All offerings

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