Inclusive Education & Technology

Teaching staff: Dr Chris Abbott
Module code: 7SSEM019
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 30
Semester:  Semester 2 (spring) 
Assessment:  coursework 
One 6,000 word assignment.

This is a cross-curricular module which has been popular with students on the Languages and ICT programmes. The module will examine issues related to new and wider definitions of literacy in the light of developments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and will examine the implications of these for notions of literacy and its pedagogy. Also considered will be the various ways in which language has developed as a result of the devices, mechanisms and practices of online life and social networking. It is essential that all module participants are confident users of email and the Web, as all of the module will be delivered online. There are no set times for online participation but new tasks will be set for each week of the module, and it is important that participants are able to log on regularly (at least three times a week) to take part in discussions and to contribute to group and individual tasks.

Module code: 7SSEI002
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 30
Semester:  Semester 1 (autumn) 
Assessment:  coursework 
One assignment of 6,000 words

This module focuses for the most part on those aspects of e-Inclusion related to learning difficulties/disabilities and digital technologies. The module will introduce students to e-Inclusion and to the theoretical frameworks in which it is grounded, and will develop participants' knowledge, understanding and capacity to critically appraise and systematically reflect on:
The history and development of the use of technology to support learning, especially by those who find learning difficult
Developing theories and policies related to the use of such technology, and the eventual formulation of the concept of e-Inclusion
The medical and social models of inclusion, together with the associated policies on withdrawal vs. support
Differing theoretical frameworks for LDD (including dyslexia) and technological responses to these

Teaching staff: Prof Meg Maguire
Module code: 7SSEM039
Credit level: 7
Credit value: 30
Semester:  Semester 1 (autumn) 
Assessment:  coursework 
One 6,000 word assignment.

This module explores what is meant by the concept of social justice and some of the difficulties involved in trying to enact socially just practices. It will consider tensions between distributive, cultural and associational forms of justice by looking at some examples of contexts in which these tensions arise. Each session will focus on a different axis of social differentiation, for example, age, disability, sexuality and identity.