EDU-30093 - Module Specification
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

Inclusive education has been positioned and promoted as a positive reaction to segregated schooling, inequality and prejudice. Inclusion, more generally, has permeated policy and social discourse in the last few decades as a concept and practice that attempts to include everyone into the local community. For example, community work rather than imprisonment, community housing rather than mental (health) institutions and not least of all, mainstream education is promoted for ALL pupils including those with a range of difficult learning needs. In the face of this, politicians and policy makers emphasise their commitment to issues of inclusion and social justice and in the process the meanings, policy and practice of inclusive education have been rethought - nowhere more so than in relation to special educational needs. This module offers insights into many different aspects of inclusive education.

To enable students to develop an historical awareness and understanding of the development of theory, policy and practice within inclusive education within the context of social justice, equal opportunities and learning.
To enable students to confidently engage in contemporary debates about inclusive education.

Intended Learning Outcomes

deconstruct critical, historical and reflective approaches to `inclusive¿ education
: 1
make critical judgements about comparative experiences in Britain, and elsewhere
: 1
theorise the `micro¿ aspects of `inclusive¿ education (in relation to teachers, pupils and parents)
: 1
critique research findings on the key areas of social inclusion and exclusion and apply their arguments to topical questions raised by the module: 1
confidently and critically reflect upon the broader key contemporary debates and theoretical perspectives on inclusion and exclusion
: 1
confidently summarise and critique debates and theories specifically related to `inclusive¿ education
: 1

Study hours

11 hours lectures
11 hours workshops
11 hours of structured engagement with online resources
30 hours directed study (recommended reading)
37 hours of private study
50 hours preparation period for assessment (including draft)

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment