Education for Diversity in Secondary Education G (11355.2)

Required texts

You may purchase the required text through several book retailers such as: Amazon, Book Depository, and Booktopia, amongst others.  Chapters shall also be available through the library.

Required:

Graham, L. (2020). Inclusive Education for the 21st Century: Theory, Policy and Practice. Taylor and Francis. 

Online course: Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) - Disability Standards for Education for pre-service teachers  https://www.nccd.edu.au/professional-learning/disability-standards-education-pre-service-teachers

Online course: Positive Partnerships - Introduction to Autism https://learninghub.positivepartnerships.com.au/login/index.php

Additional readings will be made available on the unit Canvas site.

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Approval of extenuating circumstances will be dependent upon the production of supporting documentation and at the discretion of the unit convener.

All assessment items required to be submitted online must be submitted via the appropriate Canvas drop box. It is the student's responsibility to upload the correct and corresponding draft or assessment item to the right submission section. Assignments must be submitted in a format accessible to the assessor(s), as stated on the relevant canvas site. If the unit convener and/or tutor are unable to access a submission, or if no submission has been made by the due date and time, a standard late penalty of 10% of the total marks possible for the task may be applied per day, for three days, after which the submission will receive a score of ‘0' in keeping with UC's Assessment Policy.

Provision of valid documentation

Please note that the University takes student conduct very seriously. All documentation provided to University staff must be valid and the provision of fraudulent documentation carries with it potentially serious consequences, including suspension and/or exclusion from the University. Note that all allegations of student misconduct will be referred to the Associate Dean for Education (ADE) as a prescribed authority for investigation.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

Indicative student workload:

Reading and Private study: 60 hours
Lectures and tutorials/workshops: 30 hours
Assessment Tasks: 60 hours

Inclusion and engagement

Some of the content of this unit has the potential to be emotionally challenging and may be triggering for some.  Students are encouraged to talk with the unit convenor and seek out support from Student Wellbeing if required.

Participation requirements

There is a strong correlation between participation and success in higher education. Your participation and engagement with online activities will enhance your understanding of this unit's content and therefore the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items.  

Required IT skills

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

Additional information

Theoretical foundations

In this unit, students explore teaching strategies that are responsive to the learning strengths and needs of students from diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. The focus of this unit is an understanding of theoretical strategies for differentiating teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities. 

Provision of information to the group

Notifications through the Canvas Announcements Forum or the Canvas Discussion Forums are deemed to be made to the whole class.  It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they check for announcements on the Unit's Canvas website (forum messages are also emailed to student email addresses only).  Students should ensure they check their student email regularly.  The Canvas discussion forums will be checked by staff regularly.

Use of student email account

The University Email policy states that "students wishing to contact the University via email regarding administrative or academic matters need to send the email from the University account for identity verification purposes".  Therefore all unit enquiries should be emailed using a student university email account. Students should contact servicedesk@canberra.edu.au if they have any issues accessing their university email account.

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