LEARNING DIFFICULTIES AND DISABILITIES

EDU3LDD

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Children may experience a range of learning difficulties or learning disabilities that will interfere with learning. In this subject students explore strategies to identify and reduce the impact of learning problems in early childhood contexts.

Faculty: Faculty of Education

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Susan Bennett

Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes

Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG

Exchange Students: Yes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: N/A

Co-requisites: N/A

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Learning resources

Readings

Resource Type	Title	Resource Requirement	Author and Year	Publisher
Readings	Key concepts in learning disabilities.	Recommended	Talbot, P., Astbury, G., & Mason, T.(2010)	LONDON: SAGE

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Susan Bennett

Class requirements

Lecture
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.
"Plus one hour of online learning per week"

Tutorial
One 1.0 hours tutorial per week on weekdays during the day and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment element	Comments	%
Case study		20
Differentiated curriculum design		20
Evaluative Annotated Bibliography Part 1		20
Evaluative Annotated Bibliography Part 2		20
On line Quiz		20

Bendigo, 2014, Week 35-47, Online