GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
LEARNING DISABILITIES/EBS119
Course Title: LEARNING DISABILITIES
Credits 2 ECTS 4
Course Semester 3 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Turkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Describes what is learning disability, features in all areas of development, and neurobiology of individuals with and without learning disabilities
Explain various learning and teaching theories and their effects on basic teaching strategies. Special teaching and assessment methods and strategies
Describe effective teaching rules and curriculum adaptations and support teachers in practice.
Guiding parents of children with learning disabilities and helping them participate in education.
Explains and improves the service provided in general class, mainstreaming and special education classes.
Describe language, perception and affective problems in learning disabilities and support to overcome the problem.
Describe the roles and responsibilities of professionals and classroom teachers working in the field.
Observes neurophysiological factors related to learning disability and correlates with their effects on student performance.
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is Face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Definition of learning disability, classification and related concepts.
2. Week  Neurobiology of learning disability and its causes.
3. Week  Respect for individual differences. Appropriate perspective covering all students when working with students with learning disabilities.
4. Week  Importance of early intervention and early childhood education.
5. Week  Working with parents, preschool teachers in children with learning difficulties.
6. Week  Cognitive, meta-cognitive and memory characteristics of children with learning difficulties.
7. Week  Social, emotional and behavioral problems frequently encountered by children with learning difficulties.
8. Week  Attention deficit and / or hyperactivity disorder.
9. Week  Educational approaches in learning difficulties.
10. Week  Students who have difficulty in receptive and expressive language.
11. Week  Students who have difficulty in reading.
12. Week  Students who have difficulty writing.
13. Week  Students who have difficulty in mathematics.
14. Week  Participation of students with learning difficulties in the general classroom environment.
15. Week  Final Exam.
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
30
 Assignment
1
20
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
2
28
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
 Reading Tasks
14
2
28
 Searching in Internet and Library
5
2
10
 Material Design and Implementation
0
 Report Preparing
2
3
6
 Preparing a Presentation
1
2
2
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
2
5
10
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
2
10
20
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
105
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
4.2
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
4
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
11 evaluate the nature, source, correctness, reliability and validity of informationX
22 comprehend the methods related to the production of scientific knowledgeX
33 be aware of social and professional responsibilitiesX
44 recognize himself/herself as an individual, to use their creative and strong sidesX
55 act in accordance with the ethics of democracy, human rights, society, science and the professionX
66 use language learning strategies effectivelyX
77 understand, interpret and evaluate different written texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
88 understand, interpret and evaluate different oral texts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
99 communicate orally in different contexts that they may encounter in their daily and professional lifeX
1010 produce different texts using writing processes effectivelyX
1111 comprehend the concepts related to language and the relationships between these conceptsX
1212 comprehend and analyze the features, structure and mechanism of human languageX
1313 use English at an advanced level
1414 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language learningX
1515 comprehend and analyze the concepts and processes related to language teachingX
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