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SPED 270 - Professional Issues and Problems
Spring
A critical examination of current issues in inclusion and special education.
Topics include (but are not limited to) issues of controversy or of implementation
in the public schools: collaboration; costs; discipline; discovery learning vs.
direct instruction; diversity/over-referral/over-representation (cultural, ethnic,
family income); grading; labels vs. delays (among under-10 children); pre-referral
interventions; push-in vs. pull out for related services; technology in the classroom;
and transition vs. higher learning standards. Extensive reading is required in
advance of each class meeting, with classes devoted primarily to in-depth discussion
of pros and cons and of issues of implementation in K-12 schools. Observations
in local schools supplement study of the research literature.
Prerequisites & Notes
Open to students in the Master of Arts program in special education and to other
graduate students with prior departmental approval. (Formerly Seminar: Professional
Problems and Issues.)
Credits: 3 s.h.
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