PEDA4050-1 : Education inclusive : fondements et pratiques

Study Programmes 2015-2016

PEDA4050-1

Education inclusive : fondements et pratiques

Duration :

15h Th, 15h Pr

Number of credits :

Master in education (120 ECTS)		3
Master in education (120 ECTS)		3
Master in education (120 ECTS)		3
Master in education (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Jean-Jacques Detraux

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

We start by recalling the main concepts in use in the field of disability and specific disorders in learning. Next, we present successively the ideologies that have founded segregative practices before more integrative practices and today , inclusives practices. The general framework of the Un Convention on the Rigts of Disabled Persons and its implications are presented. The concepts of reasonnable adaptations and universival design are discussed.
The legal and organisational belgian framework and its evolution are approached before presenting an ecosystem and developmental model to guide our practices.
A third part of the lecture analyzes the various integrative and inclusive practices in Belgium and other countries of pupils with learning difficulties or disability, in preschool, primary, secundary and high education.
Finally some instruments to evaluate a process of integration are presented and criteria underlying the analysis are examined.
A more practical part complete the theoretical presentations and students are invited alone or by small groups to work on various topics, by achieving observation and data collection in schools.

Learning outcomes of the course :

Students will
- master the various concepts, the differences between them and the understanding of their consequences both historically and presently.
- identify integrative and inclusive practices in school and evaluate processes
- make the analysis of a situation of integration by using pertinent criteria

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

knowledge about the school system
if possible some basic knowledge about learning difficulties and disabilities

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Oral presentation
Video and discussion
Analysis of experiences of the students
supervision of pratical work

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

face to face + suggested readings