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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS ÖEP 5119 : PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCY FOR EDUCATORS WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Special Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SAFIYE SUNAY YILDIRIM DOĞRU

Offered to

Special Education

Course Objective

The purposes of this course are to explain the practices used for improve teachers competence, to increase understanding of the importance of teacher proficiency for academic and social development of students with special needs, and to understand the importance of teachers proficiency in supporting individual needs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understand the importance of teacher proficiency in academic and social development of students with special needs. 2   Explain the impacts of teacher proficiency on inclusive practices. 3   Review the literature with respect to teacher proficiency in order to identify the current issues related to teacher proficiency and its impacts on students development. 4   Analyze the practices aimed to develop teachers proficiency that work with students with special needs at different school level.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 What is professional development 2 Proficiency standards for teachers working with students with special needs 3 The impacts of teacher proficiency on academic and social development of students with special needs 4 The impacts of teacher proficiency on academic and social development of students with special needs 5 Current issues with respect to competence of teachers working with students with special needs 6 Current issues with respect to competence of teachers working with students with special needs 7 Literature review from different countries and Turkey regarding practices aimed to improve competence of teachers working with students with special needs 8 Midterm Exam 9 Literature review from different countries and Turkey regarding practices aimed to improve competence of teachers working with students with special needs 10 Coaching practices used to improve teacher proficiency 11 Coaching practices used to improve teacher proficiency 12 Supervising practices used to improve teacher proficiency 13 Supervising practices used to improve teacher proficiency 14 In-service training practices used to improve teacher proficiency 15 In-service training practices used to improve teacher proficiency 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Lecture Notes

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Question & Answer, Case Study,

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE 2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE 3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

%40 Midterm %60 Final Exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance is obligatory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

sunay.dogru@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday 13:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 8 112 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 LO.1 1 3 3 3 3 3 2 LO.2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 LO.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 LO.4 2 3 3 3 3 3 4