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Week |
Topic |
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1 |
Definition of learning; characteristics of the learning process; objectives of the learning; significance of studying the learning process |
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2 |
Defining an abnormal child; a gifted child; a child with learning difficulties; the family and the abnormal child |
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3 |
Emergence and development of learning difficulties: ancient times; middle ages; modern era |
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4 |
How to study learning difficulties; measuring learning difficulties |
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5 |
Biological determinants responsible for learning difficulties (biological mechanisms responsible for behaviour, heredity, noise) |
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6 |
Developmental learning difficulties (mental disability, visual disability, hearing disability, physical health disability, speech and language disorders) |
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7 |
Midterm exam |
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8 |
Cognitive organization difficulties in learning: attention disorder, sensory perception disorder, thinking process disorder, memory disorder, forgetfulness |
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9 |
Academic learning difficulties (reading difficulties, writing difficulties, mathematics difficulties) |
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10 |
Social learning difficulties (adaptation; emotion; emotional disorders; giftedness and Learning difficulties) |
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11 |
Towards an educational clinic for people with learning difficulties (definition of the educational clinic; application of the educational clinic; directions for teachers of children with learning difficulties; guidelines for preventing learning difficulties; treatment methods and programmes) |
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12 |
Final exam |
The references
Learning Difficulties ((Theory and Practice), Osama Al-Batayneh Malik Al-Rashdan, Al-Masirah Publishing House, Amman, Jordan, 2005.
Learning difficulties (their foundations, theories and applications), Khadija Ahmed El Sebaei, The Egyptian Renaissance Library, Cairo, 2004.
Learning Difficulties, Sami Muhammad Melhem, Al-Masirah Publishing House, Amman, Jordan, 2002.