2021/22
26568 - Language Disorders and Communication
301 - Degree in Nursery School Education
302 - Degree in Nursery School Education
303 - Degree in Nursery School Education
Optional
2.1. Competences
Upon passing the subject, students will be more competent to: 1) Understand and apply knowledge of the different types of difficulties in the area of language and communication. 2) Know which processes are affected in language and communication disorders. 3) Design assessment strategies that enable these types of disorders to be identified, as well as being able to interpret the results obtained. 4) Design and plan intervention strategies and processes in the aforementioned areas, establishing objectives and stages, with the most effective and appropriate methods, techniques, and resources. 5) Design and carry out treatments in collaboration with other teachers and professionals at the centre, as well as the families and the social environment of children and young people, in order to encourage their participation and collaboration in the treatment.
General Competencies:
CG02 - Promote and facilitate early childhood learning, from a globalising and integrating perspective of the different cognitive, emotional, psychomotor, and volitional dimensions.
GC03 - Design and regulate learning spaces in contexts of diversity that address learners' unique educational needs, gender equality, equity, and respect for human rights.
CG06 - Know the evolution of language in early childhood, know how to identify possible dysfunctions and ensure their correct development. Deal effectively with language learning situations in multicultural and multilingual contexts. Express oneself orally and in writing correctly and master the use of different techniques of expression in the different areas of knowledge.
CG07 - Know the educational implications of information and communication technologies in early childhood.
CG10 - Understand the importance of the teacher's work in order to be able to act as a mediator and guide for parents in relation to family education in the 0-6 period, and master social skills in dealing and relating with each student's family and with families as a whole.
GC11 - Reflect on classroom practices in order to innovate and improve teaching work. Acquire habits and skills for autonomous and cooperative learning and promote it in students and teachers. Select the most appropriate educational resources for each situation.
Core Competences:
CB1 - Students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study which builds on the foundation of general secondary education, and is usually at a level which, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects involving knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study.
CB2 - Students can apply their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional manner and possess the competences usually demonstrated through the development and defence of arguments and problem solving within their field of study.
CB3 - Students can gather and interpret relevant data (usually within their area of study) to make judgements that include reflection on relevant social, scientific, or ethical issues.
CB4 - Students can convey information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
CB5 - Students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy.
Transversal Competences:
CT01 - Integrate the competences of the different subjects to guide the Final Degree Project and be able to apply knowledge to professional practice.
CT02 - Understand learning as a global, complex, and transcendent fact, designing and developing situations that cater for the diversity of students and involve them in their learning and work.
CT03 - Manage and self-regulate the progression of learning by adapting to new situations and interrelating knowledge to develop new ones.
CT04 - Work in a team being able to exercise different roles within the group.
CT05 - Use and apply Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to learn, communicate and share knowledge in different contexts.
CT06 - To develop the ability to communicate to teach in one's own language and in one or more other European languages.
CT07 - Face the duties and ethical dilemmas of the profession.
CT08 - Seek, manage, process, analyse and communicate information effectively, critically, and creatively.
CT09 - Understand and reflect on educational practice in rural environments.
CT10 - Develop, manage, process, and analyse processes related to research applied to education.
Specific Competences:
CE01 - Understand the educational and learning processes in the 0-6 period, in the family, social and school context.
SC02 - Know the developments in the developmental psychology of childhood in the 0-3 and 3-6 periods.
SC03 - Know the fundamentals of early care.
CE04 - Recognise the identity of the stage and its cognitive, psychomotor, communicative, social and affective characteristics.
CE07 - Identify learning difficulties, cognitive dysfunctions and those related to attention.
CE08 - Know how to inform other specialist professionals in order to approach the collaboration of the centre and the teacher in the attention to the special educational needs that arise.
CE09 - Acquire resources to favour the educational integration of students with difficulties.
CE10 - Create and maintain communication links with families to effectively influence the educational process.
SC16 - Identify disorders in sleep, feeding, psychomotor development, attention and auditory and visual perception.
SC17 - Collaborate with specialised professionals to solve these disorders.
SC43 - Encourage speaking and writing skills.
CE44 - Know and master oral and written expression techniques.
CE66 - Know how to use ICT in the personal and educational spheres.
3.1. Assessment tasks (description of tasks, marking system and assessment criteria)
The assessment of students will be summative, with a written test and practical activities that can be assessed during the teaching period. Given the large group context in which the teaching will be carried out, this assessment will take the form of individual and group marks.
Type of tests and their value on the final mark and evaluation criteria for each test:
- Written test (from 0 to 10) at the end of the semester/subject: represents 60% of the final grade. The test may contain: a) objective questions (true/false and/or multiple choice); b) short essay questions; c) essay questions. This final test includes the resolution of cases.
- Evaluation of practical activities: represents 40% of the final grade.
To pass the subject students will need to obtain a total of 5/10 in the written test and a 5/10 in the practical exercises of the course.
With regard to the practical activities assessment section, the student must hand in, in due time, the different documents related to each practical task proposed by the teaching staff (by e-mail, ADD, by hand or as agreed with the teaching staff). This may include:
- Reading on the subject indicated during the classes.
- Case studies, teamwork, etc.
- Practical examples of different types of difficulties.
- The observation and analysis of the communicative behaviour of a child from 0 to 6 years of age.
- A final project of prevention/stimulation with the intervention proposal, activities and resources.
Students who, for whatever reason, have not been able to attend classes systematically or have not completed or carried out the evaluable activities carried out throughout the course, will be graded, in accordance with the evaluation regulations established by the University of Zaragoza, in a final test that will take place in the official calls. This test will consist of the same written test that all students will take, which will represent 60% of the grade, and 5-10 short development and/or essay questions referring to the practical part, which will make it possible to verify the achievement of competences like those acquired by the students who have followed the evaluation of the practicals in continuous attendance and which will represent 40% of the grade. A mark of 5/10 in both sections will be required to pass the course.