SNE3200 ¨C Education for Learners with Special Needs

Course content

The course runs together with SNE4200 ¨C Education for Learners with Special Needs

Areas of study include:

• Innovation in special and inclusive education.
• The process of planning, implementing and evaluation of individual and environmental conditions for learning.
• Individual educational planning related to different impairments and/or disabilities in:
  • cognition, speech and language
  • reading and numeracy
  • sensory functions (vision and hearing)
  • movement related functions and specific health conditions
  • psychosocial functioning
  • mental impairment

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The course aims to enable students to understand

• the complexity of learning conditions, with a focus on the interaction between context and individual conditions.
• individual conditions for learning development related to different impairments and/or disabilities.

Skills:

The students shall acquire skills in planning, implementing, evaluating education plans for learners with disabilities in an inclusive setting.

Competence:

The students should be able to understand the principles of inclusive education and implement innovation in practice.

Admission to the course

This course is only open for international exchange students at Bachelor`s level.

Number of places: approximately 15

Formal prerequisite knowledge

Some basic knowledge in special needs education or other relevant discipline, equivalent to a minimum of 10 credits.

Overlapping courses

• 20 credits overlap with SNE4200 ¨C Education for Learners with Special Needs.
• 10 credits overlap with RSNE3002 ¨C Learners with diverse needs and backgrounds.

Teaching

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Literature studies
• Individual and group assignments
• Group and plenary discussions

Obligatory activities:

There is one compulsory component with observation and assessment based on case with group discussion and reflection paper.

Attendance:

Attendance at lectures and seminars is compulsory. You are allowed to be absent for a maximum of 20%.

Canvas:

Canvas is the learning management system for education at UiO. On Canvas you may find detailed information about the teaching and exams for the courses you are enrolled in. On Canvas you may participate in learning activities, submit assignments and interact with groups.

In addition, we use Canvas to share relevant information for students of the course. Keep up to date on the announcements!

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Visit the Department of Special Needs Education¡¯s website to find information about upcoming events such as seminars, conferences and disputations. For updates on social activities, follow the student council, Fagutvalget, on Facebook.

Examination

• Individual written term paper

The compulsory component must be completed and approved before you are allowed to take the exam.

Previous exams

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.