Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Creating an Inclusive Classroom: Approaches to Supporting Learners with SEND in Computing
Raspberry Pi Foundation and National Centre for Computing Education
This course covered a range of approaches and activities to support students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the computing classroom.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Sue Sentance
Chief Learning Officer
Raspberry Pi Foundation
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Reflect on the common barriers faced by learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in the computing classroom
- Develop a toolkit of general teaching approaches to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
- Identify ways to adapt and improve teaching materials to make them more accessible
- Develop effective approaches to teach programming to learners with SEND
- Identify accessible programming environments and physical computing devices that can be used to make lessons more inclusive for learners with SEND
- Model best practice by creating an inclusive computing lesson plan and materials
Syllabus
- An outline of the four broad areas of need, and of the common barriers faced by learners with SEND
- General classroom approaches to include learners with SEND and reduce cognitive load in activities
- Advice on how to create more accessible teaching resources
- Specific approaches to support learners with SEND in programming tasks
- An overview of how to make programming environments more accessible
- The benefits of sensory outputs and using physical computing devices
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Issued on 17th January 2023
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