Module overview
Educational systems and contexts today have to respond to an increasingly diverse population of learners. This module allows participants to explore ways of reaching out to all learners, in varied educational contexts, with the aim being to enable all learners to reach their full potential and achieve satisfactory outcomes. There will be a strong emphasis on finding ways to develop inclusive practices to meet the needs of all learners, including those defined as having special educational needs, travellers, those from low social backgrounds, from ethnic minorities etc.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate critical awareness of teaching, learning and organisational strategies which help cultivate and maintain inclusion.
- Assess the nature and impact of recent and current research in education and social sciences, and reflect on their use and limitations in strategic planning and resource management
- Explain with an informed perspective the meanings of inclusive education in different contexts.
- Systematically evaluate the use of data and evidence for supporting arguments about issues of inclusion.
Syllabus
In this module we will explore the concept of inclusive education and how this is understood in various contexts. We will focus on traditionally marginalised groups of students, such as those defined as having special educational needs, those coming from poor backgrounds and learners from certain ethnic minorities, and explore how we can develop inclusive practices for all in schools and other contexts.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
This module will use amix of lectures and seminars along with directed reading and suggested additional research. The focus will be on small group discussions using interactive activities. There will also be opportunities for small presentations for gaining formative feedback in preparation for the assignment.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Tutorial | 4 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 18 |
| Follow-up work | 12 |
| Lecture | 8 |
| Wider reading or practice | 76 |
| Seminar | 12 |
| Completion of assessment task | 70 |
| Total study time | 200 |
Resources & Reading list
Journal Articles
Slee, R. (2001). Social Justice and the changing directions in educational research: the case of inclusive education. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 5(2-3), pp. 167-177.
Fielding, M. (2001). Students as radical agents of change. Journal of Educational Change, 2(2), pp. 123-141.
Textbooks
Ainscow, M. (1999). Understanding the Development of Inclusive Schools. London: Falmer.
Ladson-Billings, G. & Gillborn, D.. The Routledge Falmer Reader in Multicultural Education. Abingdon: Routledge Falmer.
Slee, R. (2011). The Irregular School. London: Routledge.
Rudduck, J. and McIntyre, D (2007). Improving Learning through Consulting Pupils. London: Routledge.
Miles, S. and Ainscow, M. (2011). Responding to diversity in schools: An inquiry based approach. London: Routledge.
Nind, M. Sheehy, K and Simmons, K (2003). Inclusive Education: Learners and Learning Contexts.. London: David Fulton Publishers.
Ainscow, M. Booth, T & Dyson, A (2006). Improving Schools, Developing Inclusion. London: Routledge.
Ainscow, M., Dyson, A., Hopwood, L., and Thomson, S. (2016). Primary Schools Responding to Diversity: barriers and possibilities.. York: Cambridge Primary Review Trust..
Armstrong, A.C., Armstrong, D. and Spandagou, I. (2010). Inclusive Education: International Policy and Practice.. London: SAGE.
Messiou, K. (2012). Confronting marginalisation in education: A framework for promoting inclusion.. London: Routledge.
Hart, S. Dixon, A. Drummond M.J. and MnIntyre, D. (2004). Learning without Limits. Buckingham: OUP.
Booth, T. and Ainscow, M. (1998). From Them to Us: An international study of Inclusion in Education. London: Routledge.
Nieto, S (2010). The light in their eyes. New York: Teachers’ College Press.
Corbett, J. (2001). Supporting Inclusive Education.. London: Routledge/Falmer..
Swann, M. Peacock, A, Hart, S. and Drummond, M.J. (2012). Creating Learning without Limits. Maidenhead: OUP.
Ainscow, M. (2015). Towards self-improving school systems: Lessons from a city challenge. London: Routledge.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Critical essay | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Critical essay | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External