ÇAĞ UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ART-SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
Code
Course Title
Credit
ECTS
ELT 417
Special Education
(2-0) 2
5
Prerequisites
None
Language of Instruction
Mode of Delivery
Face to face
Turkish
Type and Level of Course
Main / Undergraduate
Lecturers
Name(s)
Contacts
Lecture Hours
Office Hours
hceylan@cag.edu.tr
Course Coordinator Hülya Ceylan
Thursdays
Monday 9.00-11.00
13:20-15:10
Learning Outcomes of the
Course
Course Objective
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Students will be able to understand what special needs offers.
Students who have completed the course successfully should
be able to
define basic concepts and principles of special education
tell to educate physically impaired children
explain what individualized education program is
learn adolescent problems
tell how counseling for special education works in Turkey
discuss what schools can do for gifted children
recall the educational needs of mentally impaired children
discuss what school can do for hearing impaired children
Relationship
Net Effect
Prog. Output
8
4
8,9
5,4
8
2
8
4
1
5
4
5
8,7
4
8,7
5,4
Course Description: The aim of this course is to define the basic principles of special education, the causes of
impairment; the importance of early diagnosis and treatment; the education of physically, mentally and visually impaired
children; children with emotional behavior disorder, children with learning and speaking disabilities, autistic and
hyperactive children, the education of gifted children, how special education institutions work in Turkey.
Course Contents:( Weekly Lecture Plan )
Weeks
Topics
Preparation
Teaching Methods
1
The basic concepts and principles of special
Notes from Internet
Presentation & Demonstration
education
2
Identification of students who need special
Notes from Internet
Presentation
needs
3
The education of physically handicapped
Textbook
Power point presentation
children
Chapter 2
4
The problems of adolescents
Textbook
Presentation
5
How counseling works in Turkey
Textbook
Presentation
Review
Chapter 3
6
The education of mentally and visually
Textbook
Lecture
impaired children
Chapter 4
7
The education of children with emotional
Textbook
Lecture
behavior disorder
Chapter 5
8
The education of children with emotional
Chapter 5
Power point presentation
behavior disorder(Review)
9
Midterm Exam
10
What school can do for hearing impaired
Textbook
Lecture
children
Chapter 6
11
The education of hearing impaired children
(Review)
12
The education of autistic and hyperactive
Textbook
Lectures and discussion
children
Chapter 7
13
The education of gifted children
Textbook
Lectures and Discussions
Chapter 8
14
Visiting a rehabilitation center
REFERENCES
Textbook
Gage, Berliner Educational Psychology , Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
İbrahim Diken, Özel Eğitime Gereksinimi Olan Öğrenciler ve Özel Eğitim, Pegem Academy
Related links
specialed.about.com/od/.../Special101.htm
www.meb.gov.tr/.../2CurrentSituationinFor
www.kktcozev.com/
Activities
Midterm Exam
Quizzes
Number
1
ASSESSMENT METHODS
Effect
40%
Effect of The Activities
Effect of The Final Exam
Notes
60%
ECTS TABLE
Number
14
14
1
1
1
Contents
Hours in Classroom
Hours out Classroom
Midterm Exam
Project
Final Exam
Hours
2
3
25
25
30
Total
28
42
25
25
30
Total
Total / 30
ECTS Credit
150
=150/30=5
5
RECENT PERFORMANCE
2012-2013 FALL SEMESTER
SPECIAL EDUCATION
15
8
10
5
15
10
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
-5
8
10
5
0
2013-2014 FALL SEMESTER
SPECIAL EDUCATION
5
10
5
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
NA FF FD DD DC CC CB BB BA AA
-5
NA FF FD DD DC CC CB BB BA AA
Fundamentals of Term Project
For the term project, each student will be assigned to write a project on one of the following topics.
The student will submit it to the professor one week before the final exam. The professor will evaluate
it as a final exam.
1. Examination of special education institutions located in Mersin or Adana.
2. Duties of the rehabilitation centers in Turkey
3. Social rights of disabled people
4. Family characteristics of children with disabilities
5. Role of the family in special education
6. Individuals with mental learning disabilities
a. Causes
b.What can be done?
7. What can be done to educate families of children with disabilities
8. Reasons for depression and suicide of adolescents in Turkey
9. Individualized education program
10. Education of hearing impaired children
11. Education of visually impaired children
12. Education of children with emotional behavior disorder
13. Education of autistic children
14. Education of gifted children
15. Education of children with multiple failure
a. gifted children
b. Discuss the teaching strategies of gifted children
c.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Details of Learning Outcomes
1. Be able to define basic concepts and principles of special education
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
define what special education is
discuss what parents should contribute to special education
explain the causes of impairments
group impaired children
describe what can be done to ease the life of impaired children
2. Be able to learn to educate physically impaired children
You should be able to:
a. define the causes of physical impairment
b. group children with physical impairment
c. learn the academic, social and cognitive characteristics of physically impaired children
d. explain children with health impairments such as epilepsy, asthma and diabetes
3. Be able to explain what individualized education program is
You should be able to:
a. know the contents of individualized education program
b. learn long term objectives of individualized education program
c. explain what individualization of instruction means
d. learn how education program is designed for individualized education program
4. Be able to learn adolescent problems
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
define what abnormality means
explain the characteristics of adolescent disorders
know why adolescents take drugs
learn the role of parents, peers and school in drug use
discuss the reasons for depression
5. Be able to learn how counseling for special education work in Turkey
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
know how rehabilitation centers work
know the special rights of impaired people
know the constitutional rights of impaired people
know how schools are designed for educating impaired children
discuss the general problems impaired people face.
6. Be able to discuss what schools can do for gifted children
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
define the terms of superior intelligence and superior ability
explain intelligence theories
know the general characteristics of gifted children
explain how to choose gifted children
evaluate appropriate teaching methods for gifted children
7. Be able to learn educational needs of mentally impaired children
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
know the definition of mental deficiency
classify mental deficiency
discuss the causes of mental deficiency
explain the characteristics of mentally impaired children
learn the teaching methods and techniques of mentally impaired children
8. Be able to what school can do for hearing impaired children
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
define the loss of hearing
discuss the characteristics of hearing impaired children
learn the education of hearing impaired children
discuss the teaching strategies of hearing impaired children
9. Be able to educate hearing impaired children
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
define the types of hearing impairment
learn the causes of hearing impairment
discuss the characteristics of hearing impaired children
learn how to educate hearing impaired children
10. Be able to educate autistic and hyperactive children
You should be able to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
define autism and hyperactivity
learn the causes of autism
discuss the teaching methods of autistic children
learn what teachers can do for hyperactive children
11. Be able to educate gifted children
You should be able to:
d. define the basic concepts such as intelligence, IQ etc.
e. Learn the theories of intelligence
Know the ways of recognizing