Certificate of Achievement

Tommy Edwin Kirkwood

has completed the following course:

Understanding Inclusive Education: The Evolving Landscapes

The Open University

This online course explored values, attitudes, and beliefs about difference and how they shape inclusivity in care and education settings for children under 12 years old. Learners examined the changing nature of language and labels relating to special or additional educational needs and disability.

0 weeks, 3 hours per week

Dave Hall

University Secretary

The Open University

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the influence of historical perspectives on contemporary approaches to inclusivity in schools and other care/educational contexts 
  • Describe the changing terminology and impact of labels on responses to children described as having special educational needs and/or disability 
  • Demonstrate knowledge of relevant legislation and policy contexts in the UK and beyond 
  • Explain the transition from segregated special schooling to integration, and inclusivity in care and education contexts 
  • Reflect on the processes of inclusion and exclusion in care and education contexts 

Syllabus

  • The impact of changing language and labels surrounding additional and special educational needs and disabilities over the course of a century
  • Models of disability including the social, medical and disability rights models
  • Legislation and policy relating to integration and inclusion in the UK and beyond
  • The changing landscape of special education

Issued on 5th June 2022

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Free online course:

Understanding Inclusive Education: The Evolving Landscapes

The Open University