EDUC 7438 Educating Learners with Disabilities
This course focuses on the education of students with disabilities and other learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The goal of the course is to promote access to the general curriculum for all students through participation in standards-based reform. Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides the theoretical framework for this course. Through an examination of historical milestones, landmark legislation, systems for classification, approaches to intervention, and the daily life experiences of diverse learners, students acquire knowledge about diversity and the resources, services, and supports available for creating a more just society through education.
Course overview
- Department
- Teacher Education and Curriculum and Instruction
- School
- Lynch
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Fall, Every Spring, Every Summer
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 4.00 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.24 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 12
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Erica Karp | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 1–3 hrs/week | 11 of 13 |
| Fall 2025 | Erica Karp | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 1–3 hrs/week | 29 of 38 |
| Summer 2025 | Aashna Khurana | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 10+ hrs/week | 7 of 15 |
| Summer 2025 | Monique Coleman | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.8 | — | 27 of 32 |
| Fall 2024 | Aashna Khurana | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4–6 hrs/week | 21 of 28 |
| Summer 2024 | Aashna Khurana | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4–6 hrs/week | 6 of 13 |
| Summer 2024 | Monique Coleman | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 23 of 26 |
| Spring 2024 | Heather Francis | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1–3 hrs/week | 11 of 13 |
| Fall 2023 | Heather Francis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 of 17 |
| Summer 2023 | Heather Francis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 of 25 |
| Summer 2023 | Monique Coleman | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 of 25 |
| Spring 2023 | Heather Francis | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4–6 hrs/week | 9 of 11 |
| Fall 2022 | Heather Francis | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 9 of 18 |
| Summer 2022 | Heather Francis | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 13 of 24 |
| Spring 2022 | Heather Francis | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 1–3 hrs/week | 10 of 11 |
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Instructors
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 01
- Section 01
- Section 08