Posted: June 8th, 2015

Problem Solving Task

 

 

 

Assessment Item No. 2
Assessment name: Problem Solving Task
Description: Written Assignment (Review & Development Project)
Use the Index of Inclusion materials (Booth & Ainscow, 2002) to plan a class/school review of culture, policy and practice. Engage a group of stakeholders such as students, parents and teachers in the process. Collect data using a selection of the recommended surveys in the Index for Inclusion and suggest a plan of action to address the issues raised in the process.
Length: 3,000 words

Relates to learning outcomes: 1, 2 & 3
Weight: 60%
Internal or external: External
Group or Individual: Individual
Due date: End-Semester (due 1^st June)

 

Key Headings for Assessment 2

 

• Introduction
• Setting/ community context (including the diversity of the school) half page approx
• Justification of focus (Culture, Policy , Practice) half page with references
• Participants in your project (Teachers, parents, students for example)
• Procedure (what you did and how you did it) data collection, data analysis
• Synthesis of what you found and priorities for action (short term and long term actions)- with references
• Conclusion: Justify how your action plan will inform more inclusive culture, policy, practice – with references
• References and Appendix (For example could include surveys, example of completed survey, focus group questions, graphs, tables)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessment Item 2 Planning Sheet Due for discussion in Week 6 (30^th March)

 

The Zeigarnik Effect

 

Use the Zeigarnik effect to your advantage. When you have a big task to do, don’t start it cold. Open the” file” and start reading and planning early!

 

Assessment Description: Use the Index of Inclusion materials (Booth & Ainscow, 2002) to plan a class/school review of culture or policy or practice. Engage a group of stakeholders such as students, parents and teachers in the process. Collect data using the Index for Inclusion (you can modify and adapt the surveys to meet your needs, you can use focus group interviews or you can develop your own activities to collect data) and suggest a plan of action to address the issues raised in the process. Refer to the literature in SPN644 to justify how your plan will inform more inclusive culture, policy, practice.

 

Planning for Assignment 2

 

ü  I have reviewed the Index for Inclusion

My notes:

ü  I have chosen my setting for my project (School and or classroom)

My notes:

ü  I have sent the principal a copy of the permission letter

ü  Brief notes about my chosen area of culture, policy and practice or a combination of these dimensions

My notes:

 

 

Criteria	Unsatisfactory 3	Satisfactory 4	Good 5	Excellent 6	Outstanding 7
Use of Index for Inclusion for review and development	Lack of familiarity with the Index for Inclusion	Basic awareness and comprehension	Applies ideas and principles to the task	Critical analysis of elements of the Index and use of materials in a particular context	Critical analyses and evaluation of elements, relationships and principles that translate into new and extended ways of using the Index for Inclusion.
Followed expected guidelines for Assessment 2	Headings and structure do not meet the guidelines	Basic guidelines followed	Good clear structure that addresses the guidelines	Structure and quality is excellent and matches the expected guidelines	Structure and quality is outstanding with detailed information provided in the Appendix to support the report of the project
Cognition Links to Unit textbook and CMD readings	Inadequate knowledge about inclusive education	Understands appropriate ideas, facts and concepts	Transforms, explains, distinguishes theories	Interprets theory and relates to practice	extends, generalises understanding of inclusive education from policy to practice
Structure of presentation Uses APA reference style	Incoherent, hard to follow, confusing Poor referencing	Identifiable structure but weak transitions Satisfactory APA	Well developed paragraphs and transitions APA clearly followed	Coherent and sophisticated scholarly document APA clearly followed	Exceptional and outstanding quality of scholarly document with clear evidence in Appendix documents Journal submission quality APA clearly followed
Task relevance	Failure to address all requirements	Task components mostly identified	Task interpreted and addressed very well	Creative response	Creative and sophisticated response to assessment task. 2. Excellent evidence of links between theory and practice Possible publication opportunity.