Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convener and Lecturer
Frances Gentle
Contact via 0298720808
RIDBC Renwick Centre
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Administration
Lena Karam
Contact via 0298720303
RIDBC Renwick Centre
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MDisabilityStud
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit examines the theory and practice of language, literacy and numeracy development for preschool and school-aged learners who are blind or have low vision, deafblindness or additional disabilities. Unit content includes theoretical and instructional approaches to such areas as concept development, communication modes, and curriculum and pedagogic adjustments and accommodations. Students will have practical opportunities to investigate optical aids and braille equipment, learning media assessment and production of alternative formats, and instructional approaches to emergent literacy.
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Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Personalised Learning Plan | 40% | No | 01/10/18 |
Braille Literacy Teaching Prog | 35% | No | 22/10/18 |
Braille Book Kit Production | 25% | No | 01/10/18 |
Due: 01/10/18
Weighting: 40%
With reference to wider reading, describe how you would approach the development of a Personalised Learning Plan for literacy and numeracy development for a secondary school student with a deteriorating eye condition who must transition from regular print to alternative literacy formats (2500-3000 words)
Due: 22/10/18
Weighting: 35%
Development of a two-term individualised braille literacy teaching program (2500 words)
Due: 01/10/18
Weighting: 25%
Creation of a braille book and supporting braille materials for a learner in the early years of schooling (750 words for overview, plus braille book kit)
Unit Delivery
This Unit includes online course material and a compulsory five-day campus conference that will be held at RIDBC Renwick Centre, Monday 6th to Friday 10th August 2018 (9am to 4.30pm each day).
Prescribed Texts
Topic 1 (Weeks 1 & 2): Communication, language and literacy development for students with vision impairment, and the history of braille and other tactile codes
Topic 2 (Week 3) : Implications of blindness and low vision for communication, language and literacy development
Topic 3 (Week 4): Literacy and numeracy development for students with vision impairment
Topic 4 (Week 5): Assessment
Topic 5 (Weeks 6 & 7): Instructional approaches to reading development for students with vision impairment
Topic 6 (Weeks 8 & 9): Instructional approaches to writing development for students with vision impairment
Topic 7 (Week 10): Literacy and numeracy development for students with vision impairment and additional disabilities or deafblindness
Topic 8 (Weeks 11 & 12): Enhancing literacy and numeracy development in inclusive settings; and information communication technologies (ICT)
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