CENTRE FOR ONLINE AND

DIST•E

EDUCATION

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Spring

SEMESTER 2008 COURSE PUTLINE

EDUC 422-4 (EDUCATION)

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LEARNING DISABILITIES

C100

Teachers and healthcare professionals in the field of learning disabilities in Canada are faced with the

challenge of integrating ideas from academic disciplines that have their origins in diverse schools of thought.

What consensus is there in the field regarding the characteristics of children with learning disabilities? What are

the neurobiological, social, and cultural origins of learning disabilities? What can teachers and healthcare

professionals do to better understand children with learning disabilities? Education 422 is a theory based course

that reviews the conceptual and research dimensions of learning disabilities from a North American and

international perspective. It forms a framework for the more practical dimensions of teaching children with

learning disabilities presented in Education 424: Learning Disabilities laboratory (for which Educ 422 is a

prerequisite or corequisite).

PREREQUISITE(S):

EDUC 315 or PSYC 250.

TEXT(S):

Smith, C. R.

Learning Disabilities: The Interaction

of Students and Their Environment (5th ed.)

University of

Ottawa (2004).

REQUIREMENTS: Online participation(responses to readings & assign.) ?

30%

Annotated bibliography ?

1070

Paper outline

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1070

Final paper

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207o

Final exam ?

307o

REQUIREMENTS

Refer to exam schedule on the CODE web site <http:/ /www.sfu.ca/cde >.

NOTE:

Students requiring accommodations as a result of a disability, must contact the Centre for

Students with Disabilities (778-782-3112 or csd_office@sfu.ca

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DELIVERY MODE:

Print

WebCT

(see over for computer requirements)

MODE OF

DELIVERY NOTE:

n/a

SUPPLEMENTARY FEES:

Course materials and service fee

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$40.00

Deposit for additional materials

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$35.00

Note: Every distance course includes a CODE package containing assignment deadlines and other information. Please

pick it up at the Centre or ask that it be mailed when registering on goSFLI.

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Phone: 778.782.3524

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