POLICIES AND LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

Course Description

History of policies and legislation aimed at disabled individuals and special education in Turkey; National policies and legal arrangements aimed at special education and persons with disabilities; International policies and legal arrangements aimed at special education and persons with disabilities; Turkey as a party to international agreements; application of global legal arrangements aimed at special education and individuals with disabilities and importance of these applications in terms of regulations in Turkey; change of general paradigm concerning disabled people; The gap between policy and legislation and practices. What is being done in the context of civil society to obtain legal rights for persons with disabilities; Developments in the world occuring in parallel to such struggle , undertaking joint efforts with Civil Society Organizations aimed at legal arrangements in an effort to change and improve the attitudes of the society vis-a-vis disabled people.

POLICIES AND LEGAL ARRANGEMENTS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

No evaluation items have been defined.

Course outcomes

1. 01 Obtain basic information about disabled rights.
2. 02 Learning special education laws.
3. 03 learning special education laws and regulations in Turkey.
4. 04 know the current special education regulations in Turkey.
5. 05 To learn special education laws and decrees in TRNC.
6. 06 To know current special education arrangements in TRNC.
7. 07 Learning the regulations of the United Nations on special education.
8. 08 To learn the regulations of the European Union on special education.
9. 09 To be able to give information about legal rights of disabled parents and disabled individuals.
10. 10 To know national and international special education institution standards.

Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Çitil, M. (2013). Yasalar ve Özel Eğitim. Ankara: Vize Yayıncılık.
2. 02 Bağatur, I. J. (2016). Sorularla Özel Eğitim Hukuku. Ankara: Eğiten Kitap

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Explain the importance of legal guarantee for the rights of the disabled. SOLO 4
2. L02 2.Explain the special education services regulation and its importance. SOLO 4
3. L03 3.Lists the legal foundations of the Turkish Education System. SOLO 3
4. L04 4.Explains the legal rights and responsibilities of the special education teacher. SOLO 4
5. L05 5.Explains the prominent articles of the Disabled Law No. 573 and the characteristics of the law. SOLO 4
6. L06 6.Explains the international legal standards for the disabled. SOLO 4
7. L07 7.The disability rights movement explains the place of civil disobedience, the medical and social model in the legal framework for persons with disabilities. SOLO 4
8. L08 8.It lays the groundwork for defending the rights of individuals with special needs. SOLO 5

Program Outcomes

1. P01 To define current knowledge about special education, teaching as a job, general culture and basic sciences
2. P02 To share results of the evaluation with parents and administration after evaluating levels of students prior to teaching; to prepare and to use individualized education plan based on the results.
3. P03 To use skills and knowledge in job and daily life with considering formal and ethical rules.
4. P04 To use information and communication technologies together with computer software required by the field. (European Computer Driving License”, Advanced Level)
5. P05 To suggest solutions in unexpected situations about special education and teaching as a job.
6. P06 To use skills about self-regulation, learning to learn, critical thinking and creative thinking.
7. P07 To examine and produce new scientific products about special education and teaching as a job.
8. P08 To participate in seminars, conferences, workshops etc. about special education by developing positive attitudes towards life-long learning.
9. P09 To follow new knowledge about special education and teaching as a job and to study in collaboration with colleagues.
10. P10 To be able to follow information in the field and communicate with colleagues by using a foreign language (European Language Portfolio Global Scale”, Level B1).
11. P11 To prepare, apply and administer plans and projects about special education by considering students? socio-economic situations and cultural environment. To share results with society.
12. P12 To use effective communication skills when studying with individuals in special education needs, their families and other experts.
13. P13 To use skills and knowledge to increase social acceptance of individuals in special education needs and to teach communication and social skills.
14. P14 To use values about universal nature of social rights, social justice, quality culture, preserving cultural values, health in work and environmental protection in job and daily life.
15. P15 To make changes in line with all features of students and their needs.

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