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Diverse Abilities and Curriculum Differentiation
Postgraduate | CUR-MTC500 | 2020
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Foster a class environment that supports cognitive, emotional, behavioural, and physical differences. Discover the range of pedagogical methods available to teachers. Create individualised plans for children with diverse abilities and special learning needs.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
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Diverse Abilities and Curriculum Differentiation
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- compare and contrast the major categories of special learning needs used in professional settings
- examine processes of identifying and programming for students with diverse cognitive, social, emotional, behavioural and physical needs
- appraise specific accommodations for children or adolescents with diverse abilities, including modifications and individualisation of curriculum content, processes and products
- develop a plan for curriculum differentiation including teaching strategies and reasonable adjustments, management of support staff and accessing potential services and support.
- Introduction to diverse abilities and differentiated curriculum
- Physical impairments
- Intellectual disability
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Challenging behaviours
- Understanding behavioural disorders and related behavioural challenges
- Differentiating the curriculum and adapting instruction
- Learning environments that support differentiated instruction
- Classroom climate
- Good curriculum as a basis of differentiation
- Principles and instructional strategies that support differentiation
- Review
This subject provides an in-depth examination of the learning characteristics and curriculum differentiation for children with diverse abilities including learning disabilities, emotional and behaviour disorders, intellectual disabilities, attention disorders, sensory impairments, chronic health concerns, speech and language disorders and high ability. Skill is developed in individualizing, modifying and adapting the curriculum according to the different ability levels of children.
Differentiating the curriculum occurs by changing:
- the content of learning,
- the processes of teaching and learning and
- the methods of assessing the products of learning.
With respect to the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, this subject focuses most specifically on Standard 1 (know your students and how they learn) and Standard 3 (Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning).
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- Case Study (50%)
- Report (50%)
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Entry requirements
To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements -
Access to Microsoft Office or a unit approved alternative; Access to video creation and editing software
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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