Institute of Education London

Reading and Spelling Difficulties

Course Code:MMALLD_03

The module includes material from the fields of psychology, primary education and special needs, and deals with an important aspect of educational development. It has been designed to follow the 'Literacy Development' module, and although it is not necessary to have taken this module previously, students will be expected to undertake some specified pre-reading. The module covers: diagnosis and classification of specific learning difficulties; a review of different theoretical perspectives in the nature and origin of difficulties in developmental literacy skills; early intervention programmes; methods of assessment and intervention suitable for primary and secondary school pupils and ways of evaluating the efficiency of such interventions.

Related Programmes

MA Education (Psychology)
MA Literacy Learning and Literacy Difficulties (academic route)
MA/MSc Psychology of Education
MA/MSc Special and Inclusive Education