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Inclusive Education: Essential Knowledge for Success (FutureLearn)

Offered by Queensland University of Technology,

Discover what inclusive education really is, explore its benefits and learn to implement it at system, school and classroom level. Learn how to uphold the rights of all students to be included. All students should feel like they have the same opportunities to participate and achieve in education. Through this course with QUT, you will learn the concepts that underpin inclusive practice.

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You will learn the history of inclusive education, and how it differs from integration and special education. You will also explore what you as an educator, professional or parent can do to uphold a student’s right to inclusive education.

What topics will you cover?

What is inclusive education?
Concepts that underpin inclusion
Inclusive education in context

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

Explain the history of inclusive education
Compare integration, special education and inclusive education
Describe educators’ obligations under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
Apply inclusive language
Explain the social model of disability and universal design principles

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