Program Overview

ESS306 Programming, Teaching and Learning in Inclusive Settings

Subject Description

In this subject, students will learn how to plan for and differentiate learning experiences for children in a variety of inclusive settings. This includes designing instruction and adapting teaching and learning using a variety of strategies, and creating an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) and/or an Individual Education Plan (IEP). Students will participate in learning experiences that focus on the application of a number of approaches first-hand to improve their own learning in the subject. Students will write practice examples of outcomes and lesson designs and engage in a feedback process with their peers. They will develop a set of differentiated outcomes and lessons that incorporate evidence-based practices from the field.

Availability

The subject is available in Session 1 at the following campuses:

• Albury-Wodonga Campus
• Bathurst Campus
• Dubbo Campus
• Wagga Wagga Campus

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject is one session in duration.

School

The subject is offered by the School of Teacher Education.

Incompatible Subjects

The following subjects are incompatible with ESS306:

• ESS201
• ESS305
• ESS424

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Write a core learner outcome and then differentiate the outcome in two additional ways to address the range of learner needs in an inclusive setting
• Build lesson designs based on the various pedagogies of inclusion, utilising research-based design templates
• Produce a differentiation narrative explaining the process they have gone through to differentiate outcomes and a lesson, demonstrating a research-base for this work and identifying the legislative and policy implications
• Understand how a meeting should be run for their focus child, family, and other key stakeholders, and be able to identify long-term goals and short-term objectives and create a plan of action that indicates the roles and responsibilities of all individuals involved in the process

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Disability legislation and policy (DDA, DSE, EYLF)
• Knowledge of the range of needs
• Curriculum and instructional adaptation for children with disabilities
• Writing learner outcomes
• Pedagogies of inclusion task analysis, explicit teaching, cooperative learning, collaborative practice
• Differentiating instruction
• Components of, and writing, an Individual Family Service Plan
• Creating an Individual Education Plan (IEP)