1. THE BASIS OF ENTRY TO THE ½ YEAR UNIT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IS THE FOLLOWING:
Pre-school teacher training
General teacher training
Subject teacher training
Child care education
Physical education for handicap children
The course equals the 1.unit of special education
2. AIM
The course seeks to provide the students with a wide didactic-methodical insight into organising of educational work in pre-scholl and school for the field of special education
- to understand how conditions in preschool, school, family, the environment and society in general may cause, develop and even maintain disabilities
- to get to know and understand the structure and functions of state relief institutions in order to be able to better guide and secure the interests and rights of families with handicapped children in preschool, school, in the neighbourhood and in society at large
- to understand the problems, reactions and behaviour of children with different handicaps or deprived backgrounds
- to get to know and understand different symptoms of functional disabilities, retarded or deviating developments and how to help counter such development
- to use observation as a method in special education, and to apply different observational approaches as pedagogical tools
- to be able to apply special education in cooperation with families and public services
- to take part in professional development and processes of change based on special education activities
- to organise teaching and learning in various types of groups
3. TOPICS/DESCRIPTION
The study prepares teachers to special education as well as to general educators.
Actual topics are: psychological and sociological topic, learning disabilities, mental retardation, emotional and behavioural disorders, communication disorders, hearing impairment, visual impairment, brain disorders, observation and testing, creative subjects and activities, administrative and organising perspective on work with disabled children, aids teaching in special education.
3 weeks practical experience under supervision of a special educator and a written essay built on research done in this period.
4. TEACHING METHODS
Work in plenary sessions (lectures)
Individual work
Group work and seminar
ICT as an instrument of teaching and learning
Teaching practice is an important element
5. ASSESSMENT
Work requirements:
Compulsory attendance specified in the semester plan
Teaching practice based on an individual report
One group project during the autumn term
One individual assignment during the spring term
A course in testing in the form of an individual report on the issues reading and writing disabilities
A compulsory excursion during the autumn term
Examination:
Individual written exam (6 hours)
6. LEVEL
The study is a voluntary choice in the 4th year of teacher education and a Further education for teachers
7. SEMESTER
Autumn and spring
8: Not open to private candidates
9. Reading list. Available at the semester start