Department of Special Education University of Karachi Agenda Item No. 2: Scheme of Study for M.S Leading to Ph. D in Special Education 811. 03 Credit Hours 821. 03 Credit Hours 831. 03 Credit Hours 812. Policy and Trends in Special Education 03 Credit Hours 822. Advanced Research Skills in Sp03 Credit Hours 832. C. 842 Dissertation 12 Credit Hours _____________ 30 Credit Hours _____________ Paper 1: POLICY AND TRENDS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Credit Hours: 03 COURSE OUTLINE Unit 1: INTRODUCTION UNIT 2: ADMINISTERING SPECIAL EDUCATION UNIT 3: ORGANIZATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 1. The Elements of Organization Culture Policy Procedures Goals Objectives Organizational Structure 2. Organizational Designs Large School Medium Sized Rural Area's School UNIT 4: SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS Communicating with the External Community General Communication Strategy Citizen Advisory Committee NGOs of the School Area Volunteers and Paraprofessionals Communicating with Parents Understanding Parents Improving Parent-Teacher Conferences Dealing with Advocacy Groups Communicating through the Media Defining the News Working with Reporters Communicating with the Internal Community Written Communications Internal Advisory Committee Procedures for Conducting Meetings 1. Social policy and administration 2. Welfare 3. International aspects of social policy 5. The structure of social services 6. Poverty 7. Other segments of society 8. The social services Recommended Books: Podemski, R. S. et al., (1995). Comprehensive Administration of Special Education (2nd Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Merrill, an Imprint of Prentice Hall. Rayner, S. and Ribbins, P. (1999). Headteachers and Leadership in Special Education. London: Cassell. Fullan, Michael G. (1991) The New Meaning of Educational Change. New York: Teachers College Press Skrtic, Thomas M. (1995) Disability and Democrary: Reconstructing [Special] Education for Postmodernity. New York: Teachers College Press. _____________________________________________________________________________ Paper II: ADVANVED RESEARCH SKILLS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Credit Hours: 03 COURSE OUTLINE: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SECTION – B SINGLE SUBJECT RESEARCH IN SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION – B CRITICAL AND EVALUATIVE READING REFERENCES Angrosino, M. V. (1998). On the bus with Vonnie Lee: Explorations in life history and metaphor. In J. H. Creswell, Qualitative inquiry and research design: Choosing among five traditions (pp. 257-269). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Beck, C.T. (1993). Teetering on the edge: A substantive theory of postpartum depression. Nursing Research 42(3), 42-48. Berg, B.L. (2004). Qualitative research methods for the social sciences (5th ed.). Boston: Pearson. Bogden, R.R. & Biklen, S.K. (2003). Qualitative research in education: An introduction to theories and methods (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Drisko, J.W. (1997). Strengthening qualitative studies and reports: Standards to promote academic integrity. Journal of Social Work Education 33(1), 186-197. Ely, M. (1991). Doing qualitative research: Circles within circles. London: The Falmer Press. Fielding, N. & Lee, R. (1998). Computer analysis and qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Fisher, C. T. (1984). A phenomenological study of being criminally victimized: Contributions and constraints of qualitative research. Journal of Social Issues 40(1), 161-178. Lincoln, Y. & Guba, E. (1985). Naturalistic inquiry. London: SAGE Publications. LeCompte, M.D., & Schensul, J.J. (1999). Analyzing and interpreting ethnographic data. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press. Miles, M.B. & Huberman, A.M. (1994). Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Miller, J. (1997). Researching violence against street prostitutes: Issues of epistemology, methodology, and ethics. In M.D. Schwartz (Ed.), Researching sexual violence against women: Methodological and personal perspectives (pp. 144-156). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Poland, B. D. (1995). Transcription quality as an aspect of rigor in qualitative research. Qualitative Inquiry, 1(3), 290-310. Seale, C.F. (2002). Computer assisted analysis of qualitative interview data, In J.F. Gubrium & J.A. Holstein, (Eds.), Handbook of interview research (pp. 651-670). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Taylor, S.J. & Bogdan, R. (1998). Introduction to qualitative research methods: A guidebook and resource (3rd ed.). N.Y.: John Wiley & Sons. Urquiza, A. J., Wyatt, G. E., & Goodlin-Jones, B. L. (1997). Clinical interviewing with trauma victims: Managing interviewer risk. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 12, 759–772. Ware, N. C., Turenberg, T., Dickey, B., & McHorney, C.A. (1999). An ethnographic study of the meaning of continuity of care in mental health services. Psychiatric Services 50(3), 395-400. ________________________________________________________________________ Paper III: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN SPECIAL EDUCATION Credit Hours: 03 Course Outline Selected Readings: There is no specific text required for this course. Selected topics and readings will be assigned throughout the semester. Additional topics of interest may be developed by the instructor and students. Additional Optional Resources: Gallagher, J. J. (2006). Driving change in special education. Baltimore: Brookes. Mostert, M. P., Kavale, K. A., & Kauffman, J. M. (2007). Challenging the refusal of reasoning in special education. Denver, CO: Love Publishing Company. EARLY INTERVENTION (Optional Paper) Unit 1: Perspective, Policies and Practices Unit 3: Naturalistic Curriculum Model Unit 4: Instructional Principles Textbook: Noonan, M.J., & McCormick, L. (1993). Early Intervention in National in Natural Environment. California: Brooks.
Contemporary Issues in Special Education 03 Credit Hours
SECTION – A
Unit 2: Program Development
Unit 5: Specialized Instructional Techniques
Unit: 6: Program Organization, Management and Transition
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