Course summary
Special and Inclusive Education shines a critical lens on potential barriers to learning and strategies to overcome them. It looks at historical and theoretical perspectives of ‘Inclusion’ and gives participants the opportunity to analyse current policy and practice. Both of our SIE modules are aimed at participants with a particular interest in Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion. Key features
- Opportunities to specialise in the area of Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion.
- Activities that allow you to reflect on your own experiences and explore other viewpoints.
- An investigation of relevant historical, political and social aspects of Inclusive educational practice.
- Module tutors who have applied experience in Inclusive practice and relevant research outputs.
- Flexibility: The programme of study can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis. Modules are delivered at weekends, in the evenings and online to maximise accessibility and to allow students to retain their other professional and family commitments.
- International and full-time route: This route meets the needs of professionals wishing to study and familiarise themselves with the UK educational environment alongside their own contrasting experience. The programme consists of two taught modules in each of the first two semesters and a Dissertation in the first half of the second year.
Modules
- The SENDCO role: meeting Statutory and policy requirements and working collaboratively for learners with SEND
- Leading and Managing Inclusive Change Through Research Informed Approaches
- Research Methods in Education
- Contemporary Issues in Education: Theory, Policy and Practice
Assessment method
The course provides opportunities to test understanding and learning informally through the completion of practice or ‘formative’ assignments. Each module has one or more formal or ‘summative’ assessment, which is graded and counts towards the overall module grade. A range of assessment methods are used to provide students with the maximum opportunity to achieve success. These include: essays, critiques and analyses which encourage critical thinking; critical reviews; individual and group seminar presentations; poster presentations; reflective accounts and case studies and presentations of cases. The precise assessment requirements for an individual student in an academic year will vary according to the mandatory and optional modules taken, but a typical formal summative assessment pattern for each year of the course for a FT student is: Semester 1:
- 1 Reflective Diary
- 2 Essays
- 1 Research proposal
- 1 Academic poster
- 1 Essay
- 1 Presentation
Entry requirements
General admission requirements for entry to the programme are: - A good honours degree (2.2 or above) and a significant interest in education and/or equivalent professional qualifications, experience and evidence of continuing professional development. - International students must hold a qualification equivalent to a UK first or second class honours degree. - All International student for whom English is not their first language are required to achieve IELTS 6.5 or equivalency – with no less than 5.5 in any element.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester
WR2 6AJ