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Specific Educational Sensorial Needs in Early Childhood Education

Code: 105054
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Early Childhood Education OP 4

Contact lecturer

Name :
Mario Montero Camacho
Email :
mario.montero@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Arnau Careta Plans

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

Although it is not a subject that has pre-requisites to be enrolled, it is recommended to have studied the subjects "Educational Processes and Learning", "Educational Inclusion: NEE" and "Development of personality 0-6" in order to facilitate the Understanding of the contents worked.


Objectives

This subject is part of the Inclusive Education subject. In the context of the current inclusive school, it is necessary to have a context in which the teacher is an innovator agent and manager of the diversity that eases the transformation of the ordinary school with the aim to increase its capability to attend all the students giving emphasis to students with specific cognitive learning needs.

The two aims to achieve are:

 1. Adapt the teaching-learning process to solve the students educational needs in diversity contexts

2. Energize the educational inclusive process in a collaborative context in multiprofesional areas

Learning outcomes

  1. Contribute ideas and know how to integrate them in whole work of the team.
  2. Understand the process of educational inclusion to analyse teaching practice and the institutional context that it encompasses.
  3. Analyse experiences of good practice in the process of educational inclusion to address collaborative processes between different educational agents.
  4. Analyse and identify the educational needs of pupils to design teaching and learning strategies in the context of inclusive schooling.
  5. Establish work teams to develop activities independently.
  6. Analyse the indicators of sustainability of academic and professional activities in the areas of knowledge, integrating social, economic and environmental dimensions.
  7. Weigh up the impact of any long- or short-term difficulty, harm or discrimination that could be caused to certain persons or groups by the actions or projects.

Contents

Below are the different blocks and contents that will be worked on in class in a more holistic and interwoven way.


BLOCK A: SENSORY CAPABILITIES: AUDITION


1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORY CAPABILITIES: AUDITION


   1.1 Neurophysiological and functional bases of the auditory sensory system.


2. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF STUDENTS WITH HEARING DISORDERS


   2.1 Perceptual development in the students.


   2.2 Communication and language development.


   2.3 Cognitive, personal, emotional and social development.


   2.4. The family context.


2.5. Highly sensitive persons


3. EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES: elements, criteria and guidelines for organizing educational action in a context of inclusive school.


   3.1 Assessment of educational needs.


   3.2. The process of learning and teaching: curriculum adaptations.


   3.3. Role of educational services in the schooling: CREDV, among others


 BLOCK B: SENSORY CAPABILITIES: VISION


1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENSORY CAPABILITIES: VISION


   1.1 Neurophysiological and functional bases of visual sensory system


2. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF STUDENTS WITH VISUAL DISORDERS


   2.1 Perceptual development in the students.


2.2 Communication and language development.


   2.3 Cognitive, personal, emotional and social development.


   2.4. The family context.


3. EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES: elements, criteria and guidelines for organizing educational action in a context of inclusive school.


   3.1 Assessment of educational needs.


   3.2. The process of learning and teaching: curriculum adaptations.


   3.3. Role of educational services in the schooling: CREDV

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Reading theoretical texts, test preparation, preparation and analysis of cases, other activities 75 3
Mandatory tutoring group, individual and group work are required 24 0.96
Exposiciones por parte del profesorado de los contenidos y xuestiones básicas del temario. Se realiza con todo el grupo y permite la presentación de los prijncipales contenidos a través de una participación activa y abierta de los estudiantes 45 1.8

The competences and the methodological option that is taken, require a participatory attitude of the student, that is concrete in the attendance and active participation in the classroom, the predisposition to conceptual changes, the work of previous reading of the texts Work in class and collaborative work with classmates in the small group.

The methodological approach is the principle of the variety of methodological strategies. It must facilitate active participation and learning of the students. In this sense, keynote sessions will arise with large group, and some activities to work in small groups using cooperative learning and self-employment will be strengthened. The teacher has to support students in this methodological approach, providing some resources to mediate their learning process. The tutorials will be considered as a fundamental part in this methodological approach.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Individual written test 50% 4 0.16 3, 4, 6, 7
Group practical intervention assignment. 25% 1 0.04 1, 5, 6, 7
Individual Class Practice. 25% 1 0.04 2, 3, 4, 7

Continuous assessment:

• Individual written test (50%) with multiple-choice questions. Date: 08/01/2027.

• Individual classroom practice assignment (25%). Submission within the same session.

• Group project (25%) involving the creation and presentation of materials. Sensory kit (sensory materials fair). Submission and presentation date: 18/12/2026.


Single assessment:

• Individual written test (50%) with multiple-choice questions.

• Individual project (25%) involving the creation and presentation of materials.

• Oral defence (25%) of a methodological adaptation for a case in early childhood education.

• Date: 08/01/2027.


Resit:

The recoverable assessment components are the written test and the group practical intervention asingnment.

Resit date for both continuous and single assessment: 29/01/2027.


Important Considerations:

• All assessment components must achieve a minimum score of 5 in order to calculate the final average.

• Feedback, reviews or grading of assessment components must be published on the virtual campus within a maximum of 15 days after completion, and a review date must be offered within the 10 days following publication.

• A student will be considered non-assessable if they have submitted assessment evidence accounting for 30% or less of the total course grade.

• From the second enrolment onwards, students may opt for a synthesis exam consisting of a case study and a written test. In this case, the subject grade will correspond to the synthesis test result.

• For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed exclusively for: bibliographic or information search, translations, and idea generation for practical work. Each student must clearly identify which parts were generated using such technologies, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these influenced the process and final outcome of the activity. Lack of transparency in AI use will be considered academic dishonesty and the component will be graded with a 0, without resit possibility.

• Students must be proficient in the language in which assessment tasks are presented. Spelling errors or difficulties in expression in the vehicular language will be taken into account in each assessment.

• In accordance with UAB regulations, plagiarism or copying in any assignment or written examination will be penalised with a grade of 0 for the affected assessment activity. A final grade of 0 for the course would only apply in cases of multiple irregularities.

• Students are expected to display a professional attitude: active listening, respect, participation, empathy, punctuality, critical thinking, and appropriate use of electronic devices, among others. This course adopts the ethical principles of the profession.

• It is recommended to review that sources, notes, quotations, and bibliographic references are written correctly following APA guidelines, in accordance with the UAB summary documents: https://ddd.uab.cat/pub/guibib/113512/modelapa_a2021a.pdf

• Questions, doubts, suggestions, or personal case handling should be addressed to the corresponding block professor.

Bibliography

Albertí, M., Coronas, M., Gomar, C., Palmés, C., Romero,L., Rosell, C., Sadurní, N. A Ll. Andreu Barrachina (Coord). 2014. Atenció a l’alumnat amb discapacitat sensorial i motriu. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.

Arnaiz, P., Gracia, MD., Soto, J., Fonoll, J. y otros. 2018. Tecnología accesible e inclusiva: logros, resistencias y desafíos. Murcia: Consejería de Educación Región de Murcia. 

Departament de Salut (Generalitat de Catalunya) 2010. Protocol per a la detecció precoç, el diagnòstic, el tractament i el seguiment de la hipoacúsia neonatal. (https://e-aules.uab.cat/2020-21/pluginfile.php/959290/mod_resource/content/2/Protocol%20de%20deteccio%20i%20diagnostic%20GENCAT.pdf).

Cardona, M.C.; Gomar, C.; Palmés, C. i Sadurní, N. 2010. Alumnado con pérdida auditiva. Barcelona

CIDAT. 2013. Accesibilidad de páginas Web ONCE 

Creda Jordi Perelló. 2010. Els alumnes amb sordesa a l'escola. Cicle mig i superior d'Educació Primària. https://serveiseducatius.xtec.cat/creda-jordiperello/wp-content/uploads/usu975/2016/05/Dossier-CM-CS.png

Gobierno Vasco. 2016. La inclusión educativa del alumnado con discapacidad visual. Vitoria: Servico de publicaciones

Llombart, C. 2013. Tinc un/a alumne/a sord/a a l'aula. Consorci d'Educació de Barcelona. http://www.xtec.cat/~cllombar/

Pérez -Aguirre et al. 2024. Bidirectional Braille-Speech Communication System for Deafblind Students. Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, v17 n2 p164-177. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1433151.pdf

Silvestre, N. 2010. Les famílies que tenen criatures amb necessitats educatives específiques: les famílies oïdores que tenen criatures sordes. Educar, 45 (1-17).

Talero Alvarado, A.F. 2020. Guía de accesibilidad de aplicaciones móviles (APPS). Madrid: Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital España

Webgrafia:

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Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan first semester afternoon
(PAUL) Classroom practices 1 Catalan first semester morning-mixed