SPECIAL NEEDS DIDACTICS
DIDATTICA SPECIALE
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2021/2022 | 5 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Lucio Cottini | Tuesday from 11 to 12; Wednesday from 11 to 12 (reception on Skype: lucio.cottini) |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to promote a practical- theoretical reflection and students’ knowledge about the problem of diversity related to disability and to Special Education Needs (BES) according to an inclusive perspective. The approach perspective to the study themes will be that of Special Didactics namely of a discipline which hasas its field of research and theoretical and practical study, the teaching and training process of those who in their childhood, adolescence and adulthood are notable for disability situation.
The educational objectives are the following:
- know the characteristics of learning of persons with disabilities and with other Special Educational Needs;
- - know the reference concepts of special education: integration and inclusion; i self-determination and quality of life; participation, autonomy, adulthood, life project;
- know and know how to apply inclusive educational strategies;
- - know how to design and conduct inclusive interventions, even in the presence of students with severe intellectual disabilities and with autism;
- Educational practices for social inclusion
-- Planning models and network logics.
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Program
- Epistemology of Special Education
- The concepts integration and inclusion
- The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (I.C.F), Disability, profile of functioning and special education;
- The paradigm of quality of life;
- Educational intervention in early childhood, with reference to children in a situation of disability.
- Support needs and the achievement of autonomy for people with disabilities.;
- Self-determination for people with disabilities;
- Life project planning for people with disabilities.
Bridging Courses
No
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to the subject the student must prove to have:
- the mastery of basic skills;
- understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason with the logic of the discipline.
– knowledge and understanding;
- communication skills;
- learning skills.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Supporting Activities
Textbooks supported by the material discussed in class and material uploaded in blended learning.
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, seminars, laboratory simulations in the classroom.
- Attendance
No compulsory attendance
- Course books
- Cottini L. (2016). L’autodeterminazione nelle persone con disabilità. Erickson Trento.
- Cottini L. (2019). Vincere le sfide con la sindrome di Down. Anicia Roma.
- Cottini L. (2020). Didattica speciale per l’educatore socio-pedagogico. Carocci Roma.
- Assessment
The exam includes a written test with a mix of open-ended and closed questions (multiple choice).
There will be six questions.
The first five questions will address the knowledge of the central concepts of the course.
The last question will present a real and concrete task, with a problem solving situation.
The following knowledge and skills will be assessed:
- understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason with the logic of the discipline.
The first five questions will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 4, while the sixth question will be assigned a rating from 0 to 10.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
Volume study plans and materials available in blended learning.
- Attendance
No compulsory attendance
- Course books
- Cottini L. (2016). L’autodeterminazione nelle persone con disabilità. Erickson Trento.
- Cottini L. (2019). Vincere le sfide con la sindrome di Down. Anicia Roma.
- Cottini L. (2019). Una didattica speciale di qualità per l’educatore socio-pedagogico. Dispensa scaricabile dalla della piattaforma Moodle blended.uniurb.it.
- Assessment
The exam includes a written test with a mix of open-ended and closed questions (multiple choice).
There will be six questions.
The first five questions will address the knowledge of the central concepts of the course.
The last question will present a real and concrete task, with a problem solving situation.
The following knowledge and skills will be assessed:
- understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline;
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason with the logic of the discipline.
The first five questions will be evaluated with a score from 0 to 4, while the sixth question will be assigned a rating from 0 to 10.
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
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