SNE4200 – Education for Learners with Special Needs
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course is compulsory for students registered on the Special Needs Education Programme.
The course runs together with SNE3200 – Education for Learners with Special Needs
Areas of study include:
- Innovation in special and inclusive education.
- The process of planning, implementing and evaluation of individual and environmental conditions for learning.
- Individual educational planning related to different impairments and/or disabilities in
- cognition, speech and language
- reading and numeracy
- sensory functions (vision and hearing)
- movement related functions and specific health conditions
- psychosocial functioning
- mental impairment
Learning outcome
Knowledge:
The course aims to enable students to understand
- the complexity of learning conditions, with a focus on the interaction between context and individual conditions.
- individual conditions for learning development related to different impairments and/or disabilities.
Skills:
The students shall acquire skills in planning, implementing, evaluating education plans for learners with disabilities in an inclusive setting.
Competence:
After having completed the course, the students should be able to understand the principles of inclusive education and implement innovation in practice.
Admission to the course
Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.
This course is also open for international exchange students at Master`s level with a relevant Bachelor`s degree or equivalent.
Number of places for programme students: approximately 20
Number of places for exchange students: approximately 15
Suitability assessment:
All teaching in special needs education are covered by the Norwegian regulations relating to suitability assessment in higher education.
In special cases, a report of concern/doubt can lead to exclusion from the study. See information about suitability assessments at the Department of Special Needs Education
Overlapping courses
- 20 credits overlap with SNE3200 – Education for Learners with Special Needs.
- 15 credits overlap with SIE4200 – Special and Inclusive Education for Learners with Special Needs (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with SNE4210 – Barriers to Learning, Development and Participation in Society; I (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with SNE4220 – Barriers to Learning, Development and Participation in Society; II (discontinued).
- 10 credits overlap with RSNE4002 – Learners with diverse needs and backgrounds.
Teaching
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Literature studies
- Individual and group assignments
- Group and plenary discussions
Obligatory activities:
There is one compulsory component with observation and assessment based on case with group discussion and reflection paper.
Attendance:
Attendance at lectures and seminars is compulsory. You are allowed to be absent for a maximum of 20%.
Canvas:
Canvas is the learning management system for education at UiO. On Canvas you may find detailed information about the teaching and exams for the courses you are enrolled in. On Canvas you may participate in learning activities, submit assignments and interact with groups.
In addition, we use Canvas to share relevant information for students of the course. Keep up to date on the announcements!
Examination
- Individual written term paper
The compulsory component must be completed and approved before you are allowed to take the exam.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.