Postgraduate Course: Promoting Achievement and Curriculum Access for bilingual and /or deaf learners (EDUA11241)
Course Outline
| School |
Moray House School of Education |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Education |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course is designed for teachers of pupils who are learning English as an additional language and teachers of deaf children. Both groups of learners face similar issues as they access the curriculum and assessment. Teachers, managers and educational support teachers will critically review the arrangements made internationally, nationally and locally to support developing bilingual and deaf learners. The course will review the very different policy approaches adopted towards the support of Gaelic medium education and the education of other minority community language users in Scotland, and will compare this situation with educational support for bilingual and / or deaf learners in other countries. It will consider the development of policy and practice in Scottish schools towards the educational support of bilingual and deaf learners within an inclusive and anti-discriminatory framework. It will particularly address the educational support role of teachers in relation to the changing language demands of certain subject areas through the 5-14, Standard Grade, Higher Still and a Curriculum for Excellence and an understanding of the different theories of literacy development with deaf and / or bilingual pupils. |
Entry Requirements
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, course members will be able to:
1. Critically review, and extrapolate key principles from and approaches to deaf and / or bilingual education currently found in Scotland and other countries.
2. Critically review the possible barriers to access for bilingual and deaf learners to curriculum and assessment, with recommendation for local and school policy towards their educational support, and inclusive / anti $ú discrimination perspectives.
3. Develop a critical and informed approach to adapting and modifying curricular access
and assessment procedures using different strategies to suit the needs of a range of
bilingual and / or deaf learners.
4. Define and describe the changing language demands of selected curriculum and assessment areas across 5-14, Standard Grade, Higher Still, a Curriculum for Excellence, Assessment is for Learning.
5. Demonstrate an awareness of the different theories relating to literacy development in
deaf and / or bilingual pupils.
6. Plan a long-term programme of support and linguistic access arrangements with a Principal or Senior Teacher, showing an awareness of the importance of collaborating with fellow professionals to facilitate access and learning.
7. Maintain an awareness of the rights of deaf and bilingual pupils to have full and equal access to all aspects of curriculum and assessment, of learning from their insights and keeping them and parents fully informed.
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Assessment Information
Either Using subject syllabuses and textbooks / teaching programmes, trace the changing linguistic demands of one curriculum area over a 6 year period (e.g. P1-7; P5-S4; P7-S6) and make suggestions about the most appropriate ways to support deaf / bilingual learners who are facing these language demands. (4,000 words)
Or Produce a critical review of the policy and provision for the support of deaf / bilingual learners in a school or local authority (using international or national comparators) and make detailed recommendations for change. (4,000 words).
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Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Ms Rachel O'Neill
Tel: (0131 6)51 6429
Email: rachel.oneill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Lorraine Denholm
Tel: (0131 6)51 6433
Email: lorraine.denholm@ed.ac.uk |
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