This module aims to enable teacher trainees to maximize learning for all students including those with varying educational needs. It provide trainees with theoretical and practical knowledge in varying learner-centered approaches that apply to learners with different special educational needs.
It will particularly focus on the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) approaches, child-cantered and/or child to child approaches.It will guide and facilitate students to conceive, design, produce and apply educational resources that are applicable to educational needs of varying learner’s needs and abilities in inclusive educational settings. The module will provide an opportunity to practice the varying teaching approaches and use of varying resources for different categories of learners.
The present module focuses on sign language skills development for educators, with particular attention on the Rwandan Deaf cultural contexts. It is a practical module, and at the completion of the module, students should be equipped with knowledge, skills and attitudes related to Rwandan Sign Language structures and functions; Deaf culture, Deaf identity and Deaf communities in Rwanda and elsewhere; teaching deaf learners, communication and inclusion of the Deaf in Rwandan schools.