Module EFPM270 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM270: SEN: Teaching and Learning
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary over time, it is envisaged that the syllabus will consider a range of issues that relate to teaching and learning students with special educational needs and disability. The syllabus will consider how theory, research and policy inform the issues. Content is likely to include:
- The diagnosis and assessment of “difference”
- Theories of learning and development applied to teaching and learning of students with special educational needs and disability.
- Special education and inclusive pedagogies.
- Interventions for students with special educational needs and disability.
- Approaches to teaching, learning and assessment for learners with particular areas of need.
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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30 | 270 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled learning and teaching activities | 30 | 30 hours tutor led seminars |
Guided independent study | 170 | Preparatory work for taught seminars (including reading; research tasks; collaborative tasks) |
Guided independent study | 20 | Completion of formative assignment tasks |
Guided independent study | 80 | Completion of summative assignment tasks |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Department for Education resources and information. http://www.education.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople/send
Other Learning Resources
Electronic journals:
British Journal of Special Education
Support for Learning
European Journal of Special Needs Education
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs
International Journal of Inclusive Education
International Journal of Disability, Education and Development