Bachelor of Education Special Education (Intellectual Disability) Curriculum Designing Adaptation and Evaluation Syllabus - Mumbai University
This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Intellectual Disability), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.
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Syllabus for Curriculum Designing Adaptation and Evaluation
Printed in the syllabus as “CURRICULUM DESIGNING, ADAPTATION & EVALUATION”.
Module 1: Curriculum Designing
- 1.1 Meaning, Definition, Concept and Principles of Curriculum.
- 1.2 Types and Approaches of Curriculum Designing.
- 1.3 Curriculum Domains- Personal, Social, Academics, Recreational and Community living.
- 1.4 Steps in developing curriculum, challenges of developing curriculum for inclusion.
- 1.5 Curriculum evaluation, Implementation in inclusion.
Module 2: Curriculum at Pre-School and Primary School level
- 2.1 Significance of Early Childhood Education and School Readiness.
- 2.2 Early Childhood Education Curricular domains –Enhancement of domain in Motor, Personal, Cognitive and Communication areas
- 2.3 Curriculum Domains for Early Childhood Education and Sensory Mechanism.
- 2.4 Sensitization of family, involvement in pre - school and primary level.
- 2.5 Implication of pre- school and primary levels for Intervention, documentation, record maintenance and report writing.
Module 3: Curriculum at Secondary, Pre-vocational and Vocational level
- 3.1 Curriculum domains at Secondary level
- 3.2 Curriculum domains at Pre- vocational level
- 3.3 Curriculum domains at Vocational level
- 3.4 Rehabilitation of PwIDs under National Skill development Scheme (NSDS by MSJ&E)
- 3.5 Implications of placement for inclusion in Community, Documentation, Record Maintenance and Reporting.
Module 4: Curriculum Adaptations
- 4.1 Need for Curricular Adaptation, Accommodation and Modification
- 4.2 Adaptation, Accommodation and Modification for Pre –academic Curriculum.
- 4.3 Adaptation, Accommodation and Modification for Academics Curriculum.
- 4.4 Adaptation, Accommodation and Modification for Co-Curriculum.
- 4.5 Adaptation, Accommodation and Modification for School Subjects
Module 5: Curriculum Evaluation
- 5.1 Concept, Meaning, Definition of Curriculum Evaluation.
- 5.2 Types and Approaches of evaluation
- 5.3 Emerging trends in evaluation –CCE, Teacher Made Tests, Grading System
- 5.4 Differential evaluation of PwID in inclusive setup.
- 5.5 Implications of evaluation for inclusion
Essential Readings
- Baine, D. (1988) Handicapped Children in Developing Countries, Assessment, Curriculum and Instruction. University of Alberta, Alberta,
- Bos, C.S. & Vaughu, S. (1994) Strategies for teaching students with learning and behaivour problems. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
- Jeyachandaran, P.,& Vimala, V. (2000). Madras Developmental Programming System.
- Luftig, R.L. (1949).Teaching the Mentally Retarded Student: Curriculam, Methods and Strategies.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publications data.
- Myreddi, V., & Narayan, J. (1998). Functional Academics for students with mild mental retardation, NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Myreddi, V. & Narayan, J. (2005) FACP – PMR, NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Narayan, J. (1990). Towards independence series 1 to 9. NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Narayan, J. (2003) .Educating children with learning problems in regular schools NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Narayan, J. (1998) Grade Level Assessment Device for Children with Learning Problems in Regular Schools, NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Narayan, J. Myreddi, V.,& Rao, S. (2002). Functional Assessment Checklist for Programming, NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Overton, T. (1992). Assessment in Special Education an Applied Approach. New York McMillan.
- Panda, K.C. (1997). Education of Exceptional Children. New Delhi, Vikas Publications.
- Repp A.C. (1983) Teaching the Mentally Retarded, New Jersey, Prentice Hall
- King-Sears, H.E. (1994) Curriculum Based Assessment in Special Education. San Diego Singular Publishing Group
- Narayan, & Kutty, A,T.T. (1989) Handbook for Trainers of the Mentally Retarded persons Pre-primary level. NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Peshwaria, R. and Venkatesan. (1992) Behavioural retarded children A manual for teachers. NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Pun, M. & Sen A.K. (1989) Mentally Retarded Children in India. New Delhi Mittal Publication.
- Sharma, P. (1995). Basics on Development and Growth of a child, New Delhi Reliance.
- Subba Rao, T.A. (1992). Manual on Developing Communication Skills in Mentally Retarded Persons, NIMH, Secunderabad.
- Taylor, R.L. (1993). Assessment of Exceptional Students Educational and Psychological Procedures. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
- Van Riper, C.A. and Emerick. L. (1990), Speech Correction-An introduction to speech pathology and Audiology. Eighth Edition, Prentice Hall
- Video Films. (2002). Help them learn make it easy, NIMH, Secunderabad.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Intellectual Disability), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.
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