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| Campus | Haverford |
| Semester | Fall 2024 |
| Registration ID | EDUCH210A001 |
| Course Title | Perspectives on Special Education |
| Credit | 1.00 |
| Department | Education |
| Instructor | Price,Eshe |
| Times and Days | M 07:30pm-09:20pm
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| Room Location | STO14 |
| Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2428 One of the four entry-point options for students majoring or minoring in Education Studies, this course has as its goal to introduce students to a range of topics, challenges and dilemmas that all teachers need to consider. Students will explore pedagogical strategies and tools that empower all learners on the neurological spectrum. Some of the topics covered in the course include how the brain learns, how past learning experiences impact teaching, how education and civil rights law impacts access to services, and how to create an inclusive classroom environment that welcomes and affirms all learners. The field of special education is vast and complex. Therefore, the course is designed as an introduction to the most pertinent issues, and as a launch pad for further exploration. Weekly fieldwork required.; Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC); Power, Inequity, and Justice (PIJ); Counts towards: Child and Family Studies; Praxis Program Div: I; Social Science (; Hav: SO) |
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