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:
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 8, 2010 The last
day to withdraw July 10, 2010 |
Prerequisites: EN 50A and EN 52 or ESL 95 and ESL 99. |
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. Your final exam will be conducted in the Testing Center on the FCC campus during the last week of the semester. Note that an observation or service learning project of at least 10 hours is a requirement for this course. 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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Service Learning 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 sixth 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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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). Assignments not submitted as an
RTF file will NOT be graded and will be considered late if resubmitted
after the due date. 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.
Written
Assignments
Missed Classes and Late Assignment Policy
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Attendance: Attendance for an online course is measured by participation. In 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 Wednesday through Tuesday. Any assignment received after the due date will receive a one letter grade deduction. Late assignments will only be accepted three days after the due date. However, this does not apply to assignments due the last two weeks of class. During the last two weeks, 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. If you do not receive a response within that time frame, please resubmit your email in case there was a delivery error. The colleges 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 students 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 |
Chapter 1
Activities |
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3 |
Ch 3 - Multicultural and Bilingual
Aspects of Special Education |
Chapter 3
Activities |
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5 |
Ch 5 Learners with Intellectual
Disabilities |
Chapter 5
Activities |
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7 |
Ch 7 Learners with Learning
Disabilities |
Chapter 7
Activities |
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9 |
Ch 9- Learners with Communication
Disorders |
Chapter 9
Activities |
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11 |
Ch 11 Learners with Blindness and
Low Vision |
Chapter 11
Activities Muddiest Point Week 6 |
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13 |
Ch 13 Learners with Multiple,
Severe, Low Incidence Disabilities |
Chapter 13 Activities Chapter 14 Activities Muddiest Point Week 7 |
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15 |
Ch 15 Learners with Special Gifts and Talents |
Chapter 15
Activities |
Dates for
2010 8 Week Summer Course
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Week 1 |
6/2/2010
6/8/2010 |
Week 5 |
6/30/2010
7/6/2010 |
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Week 2 |
6/9/2010
6/15/2010 |
Week 6 |
7/7/2010
7/13/2010 |
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Week 3 |
6/16/2010
6/22/2010 |
Week 7 |
7/14/2010
7/20/2010 |
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Week 4 |
6/23/2010
6/29/2010 |
Week 8 |
7/21/2010
- 7/28/2010 |