Incorporating the Expanded Core Curriculum into Science

Published In

British Journal of Visual Impairment

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

7-13-2021

Abstract

The Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is a set of concepts and skills that are taught to students with visual impairments to support their learning that often occurs incidentally with vision. Students with visual impairments must learn both the ECC and content from the general education curriculum, including science. Thus, it is crucial to incorporate these two sets of curricula so that students with visual impairments can learn both sets of curricula more efficiently. This article presents an analysis of science curricula and lesson plans that support the Next Generation Science Standards while promoting teaching skills to students with visual impairments in the ECC. The results show that the ECC can be incorporated into science easily which will allow the ECC and science to be taught in one lesson.

Rights

Copyright © 2021 by SAGE Publications

DOI

10.1177/02646196211029341

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36495

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