EDUC40130 Inclusion and Equality in Education

Academic Year 2023/2024

“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
---- Paulo Freire, 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

The aim of the module is to facilitate an exploration and understanding of the concepts, issues, policies and legislation pertaining to inclusion and equality in educational settings, as applied to students with disabilities/special educational needs, students from minority cultures and students from socially disadvantaged backgrounds. This module will provide a framework to facilitate increased understanding of others and of self around human diversity. Based on a contemporary understanding of human diversity, students will reflect on values and practices to appreciate diversity and facilitate inclusion of differences within educational settings.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

1. Define and classify their own individual values, beliefs, and biases around human diversity and inclusion
2. Describe how values, beliefs, and biases impact their interactions with others
3. Critically discuss the current discourses in relation to disability, additional educational Needs, diversity, equality and inclusion.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of Irish equality and disability legislation and make some comparison with legislation in other jurisdictions.
5. Apply the values, beliefs, and knowledge about inclusion and equality in understanding the implications for students from diverse backgrounds to participate in mainstream education.
6. Critically examine various approaches to the organisation of service provision and supports for students from diverse backgrounds in various educational settings.

Indicative Module Content:

1. Current discourses in relation to human, equality and inclusion
2. Power and privilege
3. Prejudice, biases, and microagressions
4. Historical and contemporary issues of disability
5. Identifying and eliminating barriers to inclusion
6. Cross-cultural competency
7. Irish equality and disability legislation and comparable legislation in other jurisdictions.
8. Irish educational services and supports for inclusion

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

18
Small Group

100
Autonomous Student Learning

82
Total

200
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Reading, lecture, discussion, group project, individual essay 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

Completion of primary degree meeting the criteria for entry to the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme or to other relevant postgraduate programmes.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Essay: Individual reflection essay Week 12 n/a Graded No

40
Presentation: Present on the weekly reading in a small group Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

20
Group Project: Group presentation on project Week 12 n/a Graded No

40

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Written feedback will be provided to students at end of module.

Name Role
Dr Patrick McDonnell Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Seaneen Sloan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks Thurs 16:30 - 17:50