Course10910571262 lectures
Inclusive Education
Prof. Umakant Prasad · Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan
About
The course covers a wide range of topics required to equip undergraduate and postgraduate students of Education discipline, Humanities and Social Science as well as prospective and current teachers to ensure inclusion and equitable participation of all children in the regular schooling process, thereby ensuring their retention and enabling them to achieve defined learning outcomes. The course will provide knowledge; develop awareness, insights and attitude and skills to these individuals towards the issues, challenges and concerns of inclusive education especially for responding the needs of diverse learners. This course may be helpful to the prospective and current teachers as well as teacher educators for playing their crucial role in developing inclusive education by advocating for inclusive policies and practices, creating personalized learning plans for diverse learners, providing accessible materials and resources, fostering a positive and inclusive classroom culture, supporting the emotional and social needs of all learners etc. Additionally, this course enhances career prospects for individuals wish to work in the field of inclusive education by developing their insights regarding the job opportunities in this field.
Intended audience: 1. UG/ PG students across all disciplines2. UG/PG students of Education discipline i.e. B.Ed., M.Ed., 4-Year ITEP, M.A. in Education, B.Ed. (Special Education) and M.Ed. ( Special Education)3. In-service school teachers at any stage4. UGC NET aspirants
Prerequisites: Any UG Course (Humanities and Social Sciences)
Lectures
Week 1:
- Lecture 01 : Inclusive Education : Concept and Definition
- Lecture 02 : Inclusive Education : Need and Objective
- Lecture 03 : Inclusive Education : Nature and Principles
- Lecture 04 : Inclusive Education : Meaning and Definitions
- Lecture 05 : Special Education : Nature and Objectives
- Lecture 06 : Principles of Special Education
Week 2 :
- Lecture 07 : Historical Perspective of Inclusive Education
- Lecture 08 : Global Perspective of Special Education
- Lecture 09 : Development of Special and Inclusive Education in Pre-Independent India
- Lecture 10 : Inclusive Education in India after Independence
- Lecture 11 : Policy Perspective and Legal Frameworks at Global Level
Week 3 :
- Lecture 12 : Special,Integrated and Inclusive Education
- Lecture 13 : Exceptional Children: Meaning,Concept and Types
- Lecture 14 : Understanding Impairment, Disability and Handicap
- Lecture 15 : Models of Disability
- Lecture 16 : Integrated Education: Concept and Needs
Week 4 :
- Lecture 17 : Early Identification and Intervention
- Lecture 18 : Individualized Education Programme
- Lecture 19 : Universal Design and Learning (UDL)
- Lecture 20 : Classroom Management
- Lecture 21 : Curriculum Adaptation
Week 5:
- Lecture 22 : Inclusive Education under Indian Constitution
- Lecture 23 : The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) Act 1992
- Lecture 24 : The National Trust Act 1999
- Lecture 25 : Persons with Disabilities Act 1995
- Lecture 26 : The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009
- Lecture 27 : The Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPWD) Act 2016
Week 6:
- Lecture 28 : National Institutes for Persons with Disabilities
- Lecture 29 : The National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation
- Lecture 30 : Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities
Week 7:
- Lecture 31 : Recommendations of Various Commissions and Committees before 1947
- Lecture 32 : Recommendations of Various Commissions and Committees after
- Lecture 33 : The National Policies on Education and Inclusive Education
- Lecture 34 : The National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2006
- Lecture 35 : The National Policy for Persons with Disabilities 2006 (Continue...)
- Lecture 36 : National Education Policy 2020 and Inclusive Education
Week 8:
- Lecture 37 : Educational Status of SCs, STs, and Schemes for their Empowerment
- Lecture 38 : Present Educational Status & Schemes for OBCs
- Lecture 39 : Educational Problems faced by SCs , STs and OBCs
- Lecture 40 : National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST)
- Lecture 41 : National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
- Lecture 42 : National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Week 9:
- Lecture 43 : Educational Challenges faced by Minority Communities
- Lecture 44 : Present Educational Status of Minorities and Schemes for them
- Lecture 45 : National Commissions for Minorities (NCM) and The Ministry of Minority Affairs
- Lecture 46 : Constitutional Safeguards and Legal Framework for Minorities in India
Week 10:
- Lecture 47 : Women Education in India : A Historical Review
- Lecture 48 : Introduction to Women Empowerment
- Lecture 49 : Educational Schemes and Programs for Girls and Women
- Lecture 50 : Present Educational Status of Women
- Lecture 51 : National Policies and Educational Empowerment of Women
- Lecture 52 : Constitutional and Legal Frameworks for Women Empowerment in India
Week 11:
- Lecture 53 : Understanding Transgender Identities and Issues
- Lecture 54 : Social and Educational Status of Transgender Communities
- Lecture 55 : Gender and Education: Theoretical Frameworks
- Lecture 56 : Legal Recognition: Historical Context to Contemporary India
- Lecture 57 : Making a Gender Neutral Educational Space
Week 12:
Syllabus and materials
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Credits and licence
- Institution
- Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Umakant Prasad
- Level
- Graduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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