EDUC 302 - Teaching the Exceptional Learner

Credits: 3

Required for teacher licensure in Virginia. Taught at Southern Virginia University. Prerequisite: instructor consent. This course addresses education for exceptional individuals by examining the key issues surrounding instruction for children and adolescents with disabilities or special talents. Students study the identification, etiology, and incidence of exceptionality. Through case-study review and individual research projects, students investigate the educational, social, and cultural dimensions of life in American society for exceptional individuals.