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•:o .......... ..SENATE 

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CHANGES - FACULTY OF EDUCATION 

From

.....SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES 

Date......

FEBRUARY 1 198. 

Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies 

at its meeting of February 7, 1984 gives rise to the following motion: 

MOTION: 

"That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

Governors, as set forth in S.84-20 , the proposed 

Changes to the Minor in Learning Disabilities." 

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Faculty of Education 

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DATE: January 24, 1984 

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The Faculty 

of Education at its meeting yesterday approved .the 

attached revisions to the Learning Disabilities Minor.. Please include 

it on the agenda of the next meeting of the Senate Committee on 

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Undergraduate Studies. 

cc: Stan Kanehara 

Stan Shapson 

N26 1984

Proposed Revision 

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UPC 83-26

MINOR IN IIARNIN('. l)ISABill'FiS 

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'the minor in Learning l)isabil,itics is designed to improVe students'

onde rStan(l.iflg of lea n ing disabilities and thc I r

conUetencc

in the

identification afl(l non-Cl iii ical tT'c'alllVflt Of I CarIi

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cowp 1 etc at least Iwo of the

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requ i.s i te

to the tipper division

Introduction to Iltimaii Structure and Rtnct ion

Kin. 110-3

Current ?

topics ?

in lltitnaii NW ritioti

Psyc.

101-3

I ut roduic tory Psycln) lov

Candidates for the Minor in Learning Disabilities must complete at

least. 17 scilEster Iiou rs of

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r di v I s i on cot.i rscwoi'k

Psyc. 351-3 ? 

Child Psychology 

or Psyc. 355-3 The Psychology of Adolescence and Youth 

Educ. 422-4 Learning Disabilities 

Educ. 

424-4 Learning Disabilities: Laboratory 

Educ. 473-4 

Designs for Learning: Reading 

One further course (3 to 4 hours) may be selected from the following:

Educ. 320-3

Educational Psycholog

: learning and Instruction

Uduc. 326-3 ?

Classroom Management and Discipline

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Educ. 46 7- 4

Ciirri cñltmi and Inst nict ion in Teaching English as a

Second I.uiguage

Educ. 475-4

Desig "

s for Learning: Mathematics

Psyc. 306-3 Psychological Assessment Procedures

Psyc. 320-3 Cognitive Processes

Educ. 325-3 Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching 

1983/3

S.F.U. Calendar

Minor in IxarnHg Disabilities

The Minor in Learning Disabilities is dc.igned to enhance a student's under-

standing of lcarnint, diahilities and

provide conipelenec in the idcntiIicatin

and non-clinical Irc;ttincnt of learning 4iil jtitits.

It is s'rongly ree,innicntIed that a pipeCtI" student

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the followinp courses during his lower

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t'tltscs tiouhl he %cktIcd

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EI)UC 220-3

PyehoIogicaI Issues in FltuMiori

K IN. 100-3

An Introduction to Human Structure and tunctiin

Dilkrcn tijl Psychology

l'SYC 180-3

Brain and I3chavkr

I'rugr;im Requirements

Candidate, for the specific Minor in Ix irning I )isabulit'es will sCehite I.? to 18

setuiestrr hours of upper division credit

The Psychology of Acloks.:cnce and Youth

11)1 C 4224

Learning Disabilities

DtIC 424-I

1.carning Disabilities: Lat.o:atnvy

Two courses

(6 to S hours) .scicstcd front the following:

1.I)U( 320-3

Ijiiucahional Psychology: Ixarnsng stud Instruction

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LDUC 32

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Measurement and Vvjlation in Teaching

LDUC 473

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flrsigns for Learning: Rending

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474

Designs fo(Learning: Mathematics

KIN. 3034

Ki,iaiuthrpoInciry

KIN.

3e,7.3

Psychology of Motor Performance and Skull Acquisition

KIN. 37-3

Physiological and Developmental Basis

NYC

psychological Assessment l'roccdure,

PSYC 320-3

Conithe Processes

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MEMORANDUM

Dr— S.tan.Shap.sort

From ... 3.rnic.t..W.ong ?

Director

.Undergraduate. .Proqrams

Subject ...... Minor. .LD. .re.vis.ions.......................

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Date....Diceinbe.r.. 28.th...983...........................

Rationale for revision of' coui-e_requirement in LD Minor

In the current calendar, 12 courses arc listed frOm which students wishing to

do a Minor in LD are to select two. We have found that students constantly

find such range of electives unhelpful in ciccidinwhicli to take. The intended

flexibility in electives proves to he unhelpful. This feedback from students

prompted us to consider revising the list of electives.

Our revisions result in deleting two'

third year level Psychology courses.

These are 302-3 Learning and 30-3 Perception. Because these courses cover

animal learninrl and phy. iolocj ical nspeCt

r , of perception, they art' not relevant

to students in the LD Minor who must learn abouthuman learning processes.

Our students' instructional needs are met by two courses: Psych. 320-3 Cognitive

Processes and Education 320-3 Educational Psychology: Learning and Instruction.

The latter two courses are in the calendar descripiion and are retained in

the revised list, of electives.

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Additionally, we have deleted all the upper level (third and fourth year)

courses in Kinesioloqy. Our reasons are twofold. First, Kines. students form

part of the student population that complete an ID Minor.. Thus these students

would already have taken these courses. Secondly, the emphasis on motor learning

in these courses (Kin. 367-3 Psycholoqy of Motor Performance and Skill Acquisition,

3753 Physiological and Developmental -Basis of Motor

Performance) appears to

be out of phase with the current development of the LD field which emphasizes

cognitive processes. The Kin. cOurse of 467-4 The Components of Skills

Performance would be covered in Psych. 320-3 Cognitive Processes.

Then we have put down two new courses in thc'e'lectives. These-are Education

326-3 Classroom Management and Discipline and Education +67-4 Curriculum and

Instruction in Teaching E.S.L. These courses are added because

of their relevance

to students completing the ID Minor

.Classroom management and discipline is

an area that teachers who encounter hyperactive learning-disabled children

should learn about. For teachers and student teachers who encounter learning

disabled students, knowledge in ESL-may prove useful in the event ESL may be

an additional factor to he reckoned with.

In the list of required core courses, we have put Education 473-

Designs

for Learning: Reading because (1) of the close relationship between learning

disabilities and reading, (2) about 6O of learning disabled students have

reading problems.

To summarize:

The revisions in the LD Minor consist of the following:

Within the list of core courses, we have added Education 73_1

Designs for

Learning: ?

Reading.

Within the electives, we have reduced the oriyiva

list of 12 to 6.