D.Ed is known as Diploma in Education and is a diploma level special education program. Students who have passed the class 12 level exam can apply for the course. Through this course, the aspirants can pursue their careers as special education teachers. Special education teachers are teachers who are trained to teach students who are differently-abled. The aim of the course is to train the aspirants as per the skills and expertise required to teach students depending on their disability. The course curriculum depends on the specialization opted by the aspirants and consists of subjects such as hearing impairment, visual impairment, locomotor disability, deafblindness, low vision, learning disability, autism spectrum, disorder, multiple disabilities etc.
The candidates who want to pursue D.Ed in Special education need to fulfil the given eligibility criteria to get eligible for admission:
• The candidates must have passed 10 + 2 or an equivalent degree from a recognized institute.
• The candidate must have pursued 10 + 2 level degree in the science or humanities stream with a minimum aggregate of 50% (40% for reserved categories)
The subjects which are included in the curriculum for D.Ed in Special Education Course are given in the table below:
| Education
in emerging Indian Society | Child
Development and Learning |
| Education
Psychology | Issues
& Problems with Secondary Education |
| Curriculum
and pedagogy | Different
methods of teaching |
| ICT
(Information & Communication Technology) | Regional
Language |
| 7
skills of Microteaching | Mathematics
teaching |
| Environmental
science teaching | English
teaching |
| Literature | Physical
education |
| Art
education | Social
science teaching |
| Teacher
identity and school culture | Understanding
language and literacy |
| Cognition,
learning and the Socio-Cultural context | General
Science Education |
| Environmental
studies pedagogy | School
culture, leadership and change |
| English
language pedagogy | Work
and education (practical) |
| Creative
drama, fine arts and education (practical) | Children’s
physical and emotional health school health and education (practical) |
| Internship
in a school |
• University of Mumbai
• Jaipur National University
• Indian Institute of Professional Studies.
• RIMT University
• Sanskriti University
• All India Institute Of Management Studies.
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