Please see the iLearn website for this unit for full assessment details, including marking criteria and assignment lengths and components.

Successful completion of all assessment pieces, with a total mark of 50 or above, is required to pass the unit.

All written assessment in this unit is to be submitted online via iLearn.

Late submission of assignments will result in a deduction of 5% (of the value of the assignment) per day (including weekends). (See below for further details.)

Assignment extensions and late penalties

Applications for extensions must be made via AskMQ at https://ask.mq.edu.au as a "Disruption to Studies" request before the submission date. Students who experience a disruption to their studies through ill-health or misadventure are able to apply for this request. Extensions can only be granted if they meet the Disruption to Studies policy and are submitted via ask.mq.edu.au. This will ensure consistency in the consideration of such requests is maintained.

In general, there should be no need for extensions except through illness or misadventure that would be categorised as unavoidable disruption according to the University definition of same, and currently available at:

http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/disruption_to_studies/

Late submissions without extension will receive a penalty of 5% reduction of the total possible mark for each day late (including weekends and public holidays). You are reminded that submitting even just 1 day late could be the difference between passing and failing a unit. Late penalties are applied by unit convenors or their delegates after tasks are assessed.

No assessable work will be accepted after the return/release of marked work on the same topic. If a student is still permitted to submit on the basis of unavoidable disruption, an alternative topic may be set.

Students should keep an electronic file of all assessments. Claims regarding "lost" assessments cannot be made if the file cannot be produced. It is also advisable to keep an electronic file of all drafts and the final submission on a USB untouched/unopened after submission. This can be used to demonstrate easily that the assessment has not been amended after the submission date.

Please note:

• You must keep a copy of all of your assignments.
• Failing assignments will be double marked.
• There are no resubmissions in this unit.
• You are required to comply with the Macquarie University academic honesty policy. Please read the policy before completing your assignments: http://mq.edu.au/policy/docs/academic_honesty/policy.html.  If you have problems interpreting the academic honesty policy, please contact your tutor before submitting the assignment.
• You are required to keep a record of your assignment submission receipt as evidence of on time submission

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Please follow these guidelines when you submit each assignment:​

• Allow a left and right-hand margin of at least 2cm in all assignments.
• Please type all assignments using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing.
• All assessments must be submitted through turnitin in .doc or .pdf format for submission.
• It is the onus of the student to ensure that all assessments are successfully submitted through turnitin.
• Faculty assignment cover sheets are NOT required for this unit.

Academic Honesty Guidelines: 

All assignments should cite and provide full bibliographical details of all material that you have used to inform or support your ideas. In the Department of Educational Studies, students are required to use the American Psychological Association (APA) referencing procedures. Full details about how to cite and reference correctly can be found in Perrin (2015) and in the DES Academic Honesty Handbook.

The following guide can be purchased from the Co-op Bookshop.

Perrin, R. (2015). Pocket guide to APA style (5th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Student support services

Macquarie University provides a range of Student Support Services. Details of these services can be accessed at http://students.mq.edu.au/support/

To meet the unit requirements, a high standard of oral and written work is expected. The Learning Skills Unit website is available at: http://www.students.mq.edu.au/support/learning_skills/. This website has descriptions of the different sorts of support available, useful links and contact details for people who can assist you with your study skills, including writing skills.

Final Submissions

Students are responsible for checking that their submission has been successful and has been submitted by the due date and time.

Draft Submissions & Turnitin Originality Reports

Students may use Turnitin’s Originality Report as a learning tool to improve their academic writing if this option is made available in the unit. Students are strongly encouraged to upload a draft copy of each assessment to Turnitin at least one week prior to the due date to obtain an Originality Report. The Originality Report provides students with a similarity index that may indicate if plagiarism has occurred. Students will be able to make amendments to their drafts prior to their final submission on the due date. Generally, one Originality Report is generated every 24 hours up to the due date.

ECH333 Inclusive Education

Department of Educational Studies

Faculty of Human Sciences

Unit description: In this unit notions of 'difference' and 'disability' are explored in the context of the provision of inclusive early years education and care. Pre-service teachers integrate their growing pedagogical knowledge into a framework focusing on the education of diverse groups of young children. A primary emphasis is working with children who experience disability and their families. During the unit, pre-service teachers learn about inclusive education and features of inclusive environments and communities, consider theoretical models of disability, explore processes of labelling, acquire understanding of appropriate terminology and language, and develop their knowledge of practical approaches to education. Unit content includes consideration of children's rights, legislation and policy, the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, family perspectives, cultural perspectives and the global context of inclusive education, Aboriginal identities, and implications of theories and constructions of gender. Emphasis is placed on family centred practice, inter-professional collaboration, and planning and assessment processes. Pre-service teachers are supported in developing understanding of sensory development and maximising social interaction and learning, multiple approaches to communication and quality provision of social inclusion. The roles of early years professionals in understanding and responding to challenging behaviour, and planning for extension and enrichment in the early years is examined. The implications of theory and practice for engagement in critically reflective practice, with a view to moving beyond rhetoric towards genuinely inclusive education, are considered.

• ECH333 is a 3 credit point unit.
• Computer and internet access are required for completing this unit, including for streaming or downloading lectures.

The core teaching methods in this unit are the weekly lectures, readings and tutorials/on campus sessions. Informal discussions taking place on the unit website are also an important source of learning in this unit.

• Students are required to attend or listen to all Lectures and attend all tutorials (internal) or all of both on campus days (external) in order to pass the unit. It is important to be up to date with the lectures before attending tutorials/on campus sessions.
• Additionally, attendance and participation during classes is required for some of the assessment components. If you are unable to attend tutorials or on campus sessions due to serious and unavoidable disruption (such as sudden ill health or other unavoidable matters), you will need to lodge a disruption to studies notification (see http://students.mq.edu.au/student_admin/exams/disruption_to_studies/) within 5 days.
• Material presented in the lecture sequence is complex. In order to maximise the benefits from the lectures, it is recommended that you conduct regular lecture revision, which includes taking notes based on your interpretation of lecture content and required readings.
• Completion of all assessment components (all parts of all assignments), with a total mark of 50/100 or above, is required to pass this unit.

The textbook for this unit is: 

Cologon, K. (Ed.) (2014). Inclusive education in the early years: Right from the start. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Additional readings are listed in the lecture schedule and are available online (see the iLearn website for details).

Please see the iLearn website for this unit for a complete schedule of weekly activities, including weekly lectures, readings, tutorials/on campus sessions and assignments. 

For timetable information (including tutorial and on campus session times and rooms), please see the university timetable at: https://timetables.mq.edu.au/2017/

COMPULSORY on campus dates are Saturday 8 April and Wednesday 26 April, 2017

In this unit student feedback is highly valued. Each semester staff reflect on the semester experience and student feedback and (within the constraints of accreditation and University policy) make appropriate amendments based on this reflection and on new research and changes to policy and practice relevant to inclusive education.