Syllabus:
Unit I: Introduction to inclusive Education:
- Concept & history of special education, integrated education and inclusive Education & their relation.
- Philosophical, Sociological, Economical & Humanitarian dimensions of inclusive education.
- Advantages of inclusive education for the individual and society.
- Factors affecting inclusion.
Unit II: Legal and policy perspectives:
- Important international declarations / conventions / proclamations- BMF(1993-2012), recommendations of the Salamanca Statement and Framework of Action (1994), UNCRPD (2006).
- National initiatives for inclusive education. National Policy on Education (1968,1986), Education in the National Policy on Disability (2006), RTE Act (2009).
- Special role of institutions for the education of children with disabilities?RCI, National Institute of Different Disabilities.
Unit III: Defining learners with special needs:
- Understanding differently abled learners?concepts, definitions, characteristics, classification, causes and preventive measures of V.I, H.I, SLD, LI.
- Preparation for inclusive education?School?s readiness for addressing learner with diverse needs.
- Assessment of children with diverse needs (MDPS, BASIC-MR, FACP, VSMS, DDST, UPANAYAN and related others) to know their profile and to develop individualized Education Programme (IEP/ITP)
- Identification and overcoming barriers for educational and social inclusion
Unit IV: Inclusion in operation:
- Classroom management and organizations, curricular adaptations, learning designing and development of suitable TLM.
- Pedagogical strategies to respond to individual needs of students: Co-operative learning strategies in the class room, peer tutoring, social learning, buddy system, reflective teaching, multisensory teaching etc.
- Technological Advancement and its applications?ICT, Adaptive and Assistive devices, equipments, aids and appliances.
Unit V: Teacher preparation for inclusive school:
- Problems in inclusion in the real classroom situations; ways for overcoming the problems in inclusions
- Review of existing educational programmes offered in secondary school (General and Special School)
- Skills and competencies of teachers and teacher educators for secondary education in inclusive settings
- Teacher preparation for inclusive education in the light of NCF, 2005 and NCFTE, 2009
- Characteristics of inclusive school
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