Next start date 4 May 2020
Delivered Online
Duration
4 weeks
Cost From $556.30
Overview
Under Australian legislation and international conventions, educators are obliged to ensure all students access an inclusive education, including students with disability. In this Module Plus, you will complete an authentic assessment using your developing knowledge of inclusive education to evaluate the implications for your practice.
On successful completion of the Module Plus, you will earn credit for a postgraduate unit (six credit points) that will be applied as advanced standing when you enrol in QUT’s Graduate Certificate in Education or Master of Education.
Evolve with QUTeX
Apply your knowledge of inclusive education history, concepts and legal obligations. Through this assessment module, you will expand and share your knowledge to help others understand what inclusion is and how it differs from integration, segregated special education and exclusion. You will also analyse and discuss educators’ legal obligations to support students with a disability.
Who should participate?
This online module is for participants who have completed the 13 hour Inclusive education: Core concepts and essential knowledge learning module.
For Australian educators, this module aligns with the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (APST):
1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
1.3 Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability
4.1 Support student participation
6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
Your expert facilitator Professor Linda Graham
Linda J. Graham is a Professor in the School of Early Childhood and Inclusive Education. Her research interests concern the role of education policy and schooling practices in the development of disruptive student behaviour and the improvement of responses to children with language and behavioural difficulties. Click here for more information on Linda J. Graham.
Core concepts
This online assessment provides evidence of your ability to:
- explain the foundational concepts of inclusive education and the practical implications for your networks
- discuss the development of inclusive education and distinguish it from its predecessors
- outline educators’ specific obligations in relation to the support of students with a disability under (i) international instruments (e.g., Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD Article 24 and General Comment No. 4), and (ii) Australian legislation (1992 Disability Discrimination Act and 2005 Disability Standards for Education).
Details
Where and when
This course will be held entirely online, via Blackboard, QUT's online learning platform. You will use QUT’s online learning platform to discuss the assessment tasks with your educator and fellow learners. You will have 4 weeks to complete the assessment.
When:
4 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
28 September 2020 - 25 October 2020
This course runs for 4 weeks (62 hours in total).
Certification
For this online module you will be issued a Certificate of Attainment for 62 hours of CPD.
On successful completion, you’ll also earn credit for a postgraduate unit (six credit points) that will be applied as advanced standing when you enrol in QUT’s Graduate Certificate in Education or Master of Education.
Cost
| Registration type | Cost | Closing date |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | $556.30 (including GST) | 4 weeks prior |
| Standard | $654.50 (including GST) | 10 days prior |
| QUT Alumni/Students/Staff* | $490.90 (including GST) | 10 days prior |
| Group* (5 or more) | $556.30 (including GST) per person | 10 days prior |
*For group and QUT staff registrations, please email QUTeX for further instructions.
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