Inclusive Education: Essential Knowledge for Success
Discover what inclusive education really is, explore its benefits and learn to implement it at system, school and classroom level.
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Inclusive Education: Essential Knowledge for Success
This course has been certified by the CPD Certification Service as conforming to continuing professional development principles. Find out more.
Learn how to uphold the rights of all students to be included.
All students should feel like they have the same opportunities to participate and achieve in education. Through this course with QUT, you will learn the concepts that underpin inclusive practice.
You will learn the history of inclusive education, and how it differs from integration and special education. You will also explore what you as an educator, professional or parent can do to uphold a student’s right to inclusive education.
What topics will you cover?
- What is inclusive education?
- Concepts that underpin inclusion
- Inclusive education in context
Who is this accredited by?
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement the CPD policies of professional and academic bodies.
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Learning on this course
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Explain the history of inclusive education
- Compare integration, special education and inclusive education
- Describe educators’ obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- Apply inclusive language
- Explain the social model of disability and universal design principles
Who is the course for?
This course is for teachers, other professionals and parents looking to understand genuine inclusion in education.
Who will you learn with?
Professor Linda Graham leads QUT's Centre for Inclusive Education and coordinates LCN629, the core unit in the M.Ed (Inclusive Education) at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Haley is a PhD candidate & sessional academic in the Centre for Inclusive Education, Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice at QUT. Haley is also an educational speech pathologist.
Who developed the course?
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a major Australian university with a truly global outlook. Home to over 50,000 students, we’re providing real-world infrastructure, learning and teaching, and graduate skills to the next generation of change-makers.
Established
1989Location
Brisbane, AustraliaWorld ranking
Top 180Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019
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Choose the best way to learn for you!
Subscribe & save
$244.99 for a whole year
Automatically renews
Develop skills to further your career
- Access to this course
- Access to 1,000+ courses
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Digital certificate when you're eligible
Cancel for free anytime
Buy this course
$89/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
Limited access
Free
Sample the course materials
- Access expires 23 Oct 2024
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