Faculty Information
Name: M. Catherine Hull
Adjunct
Professor-Education |
Office: By appointment only
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E-mail:
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Phone Number: (messages only)
301-846-2507
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Office Hours:
By
appointment only |
Campus Mail Box:
#342
All faculty and staff mailboxes are located
in the "A" Building across from the Financial Aid Office.
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Credits: 3
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Academic
Deadlines: Last day 100%
refund – June 5, 2009 The last
day to withdraw – July 8, 2009 |
Prerequisites: EN 50A and EN 52
or ESL 95 and ESL 99.
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Co-requisites: None
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This course is designed to provide an
overview of critical issues and strategies related to educating students who
have been identified as exceptional. The course content focuses on historical
and legal foundations of special education, inclusive education,
developmental characteristics of exceptional students, and strategies for
accommodating students. (This course satisfies the Maryland State Department
of Education professional education course work in inclusion of special
populations.)
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By the completion of the course
students will:
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This is an online course. All
course activities will be conducted via the FCC Blackboard site (www.frederick.blackboard.com) Active, informed discussion and respectful interaction are emphasized
in this course via the discussion board. Quizzes, newspaper articles, videos,
case studies and websites are incorporated into this course. Note that a service learning project is a
requirement of this course. Students need to complete 10 hours of service
learning. Students need to plan their
time accordingly and should be prepared to provide verification of their time.
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Hallahan,
D., Kauffman, J., & Pullen, P. (2009). Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education.
Boston: Pearson. (11th Edition). Hallahan,
D., Kauffman, J., & Pullen, P. (2009). Cases for Reflection and Analysis for Exceptional Learners: An Introduction to Special Education.
Boston: Pearson. (11th Edition). Additional
readings will be distributed online. |
Evaluation
Methods
Graded
Activity
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Points/Percentage
of Grade
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Weekly Activities
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40%
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Discussion Board |
10% |
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Course Project |
20% |
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Exams
and Quizzes |
30% |
The
calculation of the final grade will be based on the following scale:
A = 90% and
above; B = 80% - 89%; C = 70% - 79%; D = 60-69%; F = 59% and below.
Progress
Report
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Students
will receive graded assignments by the third week of class. Students should
use those grades to assess their progress in the course. FCC offers a wide
range of academic support services, including tutoring and study skills
workshops. Additionally, students are
strongly encouraged to discuss their progress in the course with me as needed.
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Written
Assignments
All
written assignments must feature no larger than one inch margins written
in Tahoma, Arial or similar font no larger than 12 pt. Documents should be
submitted as Rich Text files (rtf). All assignments are expected to
be free of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
Ideas should be expressed with clarity and papers should include proper
language usage, sentence structure, and paragraph structure. Students who
have difficulty with written assignments should contact the Writing Center
for assistance.
Missed
Classes and Late Assignment Policy
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Attendance: Attendance for an online course is measured
by participation. In the case of this
course, your attendance is measured by the weekly Muddiest Point
Discussions. Weekly attendance is
required. Assignments:
All assignments must be submitted in class on or before the due date. Unless
otherwise specified, the due date is the last day of the week the assignment
was given. The weeks run from Monday
through Sunday. Any assignment received after the due date will receive a one
letter grade deduction. Late assignments are accepted for one week after the
due date. However, this does not apply to assignments due on the last day of
class. That work must be submitted on time and will not be accepted late. |
Academic
Honesty
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Work in
this course is subject to the provisions of the FCC Code of Academic Honesty.
Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. As a student, it is your job to
practice academic honesty at ALL times. Make sure that all sources,
particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases,
and ideas. |
Accommodations
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FCC provides reasonable
accommodations to otherwise qualified students with disabilities in
accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and amendments. Students
with disabilities who are in need of accommodations must contact the Services
for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at 301-846-2408 (A Building, Room
106A) in order to request and apply for services. The SSD office will
require appropriate documentation of a disability. Questions related to
accommodations or services can be directed to the SSD office.
Additional information related to services can be viewed at the following FCC
web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. If you currently receive
services from the SSD office, please submit your Student Success Plan to me
and make an appointment with me to discuss your accommodations and needs in
class. I will hold any information you share with me in strict
confidence unless you give me permission to do otherwise. |
Email
Policy
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Email is an instructional tool
essential to student-instructor and student-student communication. In the Blackboard
environment by default, your email address is available to all students in
this course. However, students are permitted to use email addresses of other
students in this course only for the purpose and the duration of this course. The instructor can be
expected to respond to regular student email inquiries (grades, posted
assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 24 to 48 hours. The college’s official means of
email communication is via the FCC-issued email addresses (myfcc.frederick.edu).
The instructor uses these FCC-issued email addresses and BlackBoard
to communicate with students throughout the semester about projects, homework
assignments, extra credit opportunities, etc. It is the student’s
responsibility to read these email messages and to check BlackBoard.
Students must use their FCC email accounts when sending an email to the
instructor. FCC has computers available
for student use; home computer problems will not result in a deadline
extension. |
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Week |
Subject |
Assignments |
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1 |
Ch 1 -
Exceptionality and Special Education Ch – 2 Integration, Inclusion, and Support of Positive Outcomes |
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2 |
Ch 3 - Multicultural and Bilingual Aspects of Special Education Ch
4 - Parents and Families |
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3 |
Ch 5 – Learners with Intellectual Disabilities Ch 6 – Learners with ADHD |
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Chapter 5 Activities ·
Chapter 6 Activities ·
Muddiest Point Week 3 |
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4 |
Ch 7 – Learners with Learning Disabilities Ch 8 – Learners with Emotional and
Behavioral Disorders |
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5 |
Ch 9- Learners with Communication
Disorders Ch 10- The
Deaf and Learners who are Hard
of Hearing |
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6 |
Ch 11 – Learners with Blindness and Low
Vision Ch 12 – Learners with Autism |
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7 |
Ch 13 – Learners with Multiple, Severe, Low
Incidence Disabilities Ch 14 – Learners with Physical Disabilities
and OHI |
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8 |
Ch 15 – Learners with Special Gifts and
Talents |
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