Master of Education (Specific Learning Difficulties) (960NL) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

Intended learning outcomes

Students completing the Master of Education (Specific Learning Difficulties) should be able to:

• critically analyze and evaluate the learning processes (cognitive, affective, connative and socio-cultural) involved in literacy and numeracy learning and developmental trends to acquiring this knowledge, evaluate assumptions, practices and procedures used learning disabilities in terms of current theories of cognitive processing, cognitive development and learning;
• identify the causes of different types specific learning difficulties in these areas;
• use and evaluate a range of contemporary procedures for diagnosing and reporting literacy and numeracy difficulties that are supported by current research in learningand educational psychology;
• use an integrated teaching framework that accommodates that learning characteristics of students who have specific literacy and numeracy learning difficulties , develop and implement relevant intervention and instructional procedures that are supported by current research in learningand educational psychology;
• identify the characteristics of successful literacy and numeracy intervention programs, identify and select empirically validated teaching practices for these students;
• use an integrated model of classroom pedagogic practice to design and implement targeted clinical intervention programs;
• evaluate and analyze the effectiveness of literacy and numeracy education programs intended for use with students who have learning difficulties in these areas and modify them to match individual ways of learning;
• develop and implement education programmes that are supported by current research;