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| Semester: | Spring 2021 |
| Number: | 0852-671-001 |
| Instructor: | Ellen Kowalski |
| Days: | Tuesday 4:00 pm - 5:50 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Woodruff Hall 253 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Introductory knowledge base and skills necessary to teach students with disabilities in the general physical education environment. Field experience required. Meets New York State mandate on training the needs of children with autism. |
| Learning Goals: |
As the philosophy of inclusion continues to spread, greater numbers of students with disabilities are being educated within the general education class setting. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with the introductory knowledge base and skills necessary to teach students with disabilities in the general physical education environment.School of Education Core Values and Intended Course OutcomesScholarship:1. Through the completion of the Wheelchair Reaction paper students will demonstrate their ability to identify and discuss the impact of federal legislation on teaching physical education to students with disabilities. (NCATE/NASPE Code 1.5).2. Through Reflective Journals and the disability research paper students will demonstrate the ability to express themselves in a variety of modes and styles.Reflective Practice:1. Through the completion of the disability research paper students will be able to demonstrate professional/personal predispositions (self-awareness, empathy, and critical consciousness) with respect to individuals with disabilities.2. Through their Reflective Journal entries students will demonstrate professional/personal dispositions insight into and the impact on students’ with disabilities learning and well being.3. Through the development of an Individual Educational Plan specific to one child the student will demonstrate reflective practice in action; writing a present level of performance, annual goal, and short-term objectives and design creative activities specifically created to meet the goals and objectives as stated in the IEP. (NCATE/NASPE Code 3.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4).4. The student will demonstrate reflective practice in action through applying knowledge of the characteristics, considerations, and movement abilities of common impairments to modify games/activities and meet the needs, limitations, and capacities of differently-abled students.Social Justice: 1. Through their Reflective Journal entries students will demonstrate how they can be advocates for students with disabilities in their school and in the community. 2. Through their Reflective Journal entries students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance for making appropriate provisions for students with individual differences.3. Through their Reflective Journal entries students will demonstrate the ability to describe societal and personal changes in attitudes towards individuals with disabilities. NCATE/NASPE Code 1.5) *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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