SPECIAL EDUCATION - LEARNING DISABILITIES

Course Information
TitleΕΙΔΙΚΗ ΑΓΩΓΗ - ΜΑΘΗΣΙΑΚΕΣ ΔΥΣΚΟΛΙΕΣ / SPECIAL EDUCATION - LEARNING DISABILITIES
CodeΥΒ.1.040
FacultyEducation
SchoolEarly Childhood Education
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorKyriakoula Rothou
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600021477

Class Information
Academic Year2022 – 2023
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours3
Class ID
600208772
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students at the end of the course will be able: to understand the relationship between Special Education and Learning Disabilities to describe the effects of inclusive education on organization of Special Education to indicate the content and the characteristics of Learning Disabilities to recognize the basic screening characteristics of Learning Disabilities to justify the selection of evidence based practice in Special Education and in Learning Disabilities to discuss the need of early screening for Learning Disabilities
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
  • Be critical and self-critical
  • Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
The goal in this course is towfold: a) students are expected to explore the relationship between Special Education and Learning Disabilities and to understand the content of inclusive education and b) students are expected to indicate the content of Learning Disabilities and to recognize these disabilities as a special diagnostic category.The following thematic units will be presented: Theoretical approaches in Special Education and in Learning Disabilities. Inclusive Education. Diagnostic procedures and special needs. Organization and structures of Special Education. Effective instruction in Special Education. Definition of learning disabilities. Etiology and theoretical models for Learning Disabilities. Learning Disabilities and Developmental Impairments. Characteristics of children with learning disabilities. Learning disabilities and bilingualism. Screening for learning disabilities and diagnostic procedures. Educational assessment in Learning Disabilities. Key principles and models of intervention in learning disabilities. Methods and techniques.
Keywords
special needs, special education, inclusive education, learning disabilities, effective instruction
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
use of videos, and power point presentations during lectures, use of email and e-class for communication with students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures391.6
Reading Assigment1084.3
Exams30.1
Total1506
Student Assessment
Description
Final examinations at the end of the term (Summative)
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Πολυχρόνη, Φ.(2011). Ειδικές Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες. Αθήνα: Πεδίο Παντελιάδου, Σ. & Αργυρόπουλος, Β. (2011). Ειδική Αγωγή- Από την έρευνα στη διδακτική πράξη. Αθήνα: Πεδίο
Additional bibliography for study
Κωνσταντίνου, Μ., & Κοσμίδου, Μ. (Επιμ.) (2011). Νευροψυχολογία των Μαθησιακών Διαταραχών. Αθήνα: Επιστημονικές Εκδόσεις Παρισιάνου. Ελληνικά και αγγλικά επιστημονικά άρθρα των τελευταίων πέντε ετών.
Last Update
13-06-2022