Search results for "Special Education"

Socio-emotional Problems Experienced by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Ethiopia

2015

This study compares the socio-emotional problems experienced by deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students with those of hearing students in Ethiopia. The research involved a sample of 103 grade 4 students attending a special school for the deaf, a special class for the deaf and a regular school. Socio-emotional problems were measured using Goodman's self-report measure, the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire for children and adolescents. Participants were selected from seven towns in Ethiopia. The results show that, compared to the hearing sample, the DHH students experienced more severe socio-emotional problems across all dimensions, regardless of whether they were in special classes o…

Centre d'Educació Especial Auxilia. Un model d'atenció acadèmica domiciliària

2011

This article describes a pioneering experience in education - Auxilia Centre for Special Education. This centre provides continuity for the education of children affected by physical disabilities, chronic illness or psychiatric illness and who, because of their illness, are forced to stay at home for certain periods without being able to assume standardized travel to the school at which they are enrolled. The Centre gives them personal and individualized academic service at home to enable their development.

“DIVERSETHEATRE”: STAGE FICTION AS SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

2014

In our heterogeneous society diversity has become a focus of debate in the wide context of “diverse dimensions” such as ethnicity, language & culture, gender but also handicap and disability. The EU Research and Innovation program Horizons 2020 has therefore pinpointed the urgency to be explicit about what one means when using the term “inclusion” and most of all, about the practical use of this concept in the direction of sustainable growth, high quality of research and human life. In this view, Special Education has always been committed to the enquiry on educability in diversity, aiming at the socialization of special needs in order to promote individuals’ full integration and inclus…

Przygotowanie do pracy z dziećmi o spocjalnych potrzebach edukacyjnych - na etapie edukacji wczesnoszkolnej w ramach studiów licencjackich

2016

W artykule została podjęta próba oceny zawodowego przygotowania kandydatów do pracy z dzieckiem o specjalnych potrzebach edukacyjnych na etapie edukacji wczesnoszkolnej w ramach studiów licencjackich. Wnioski sformułowano na podstawie analizy wyników sondażu diagnostycznego, przeprowadzonego wśród 224 absolwentów studiów pierwszego stopnia.

Micro design in special education

2016

Since DIGCOMP the European Commission [1] has provided new causes of reflection and many competences indicators that can define a competent teacher, beyond a fruitful teaching within an inclusive perspective with the use of ICT. Even more difficult is the research of more suitable methods for the teaching-learning process by using ICT and their integration into the educational curriculum [8]. The research adopts the EAS methodology (Episodes of Situated Learning, [10]) allowing us to test the flipped lesson [12] in "special contexts" where the teachers training is considered to be essential in inclusive perspective with ICT [3]. The experimentation has started at the beginning of the academ…

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in Early Childhood Education (Finland)

2019

Päiväkoti-integraatio ammattihenkilöstön arvioimana

2002

Revista electrónica interuniversitaria de formación del profesorado

2013

El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la actitud hacia la inclusión educativa de los futuros docentes. Doscientos setenta y cuatro estudiantes del Grado de Magisterio de Infantil y Primaria y del Máster de Educación Especial de la Universitat de Valéncia cumplimentaron una adaptación de la escala ORI (Opinions Relative to Integration of Students with Disabilities Scale). Se analizó la fiabilidad y estructura factorial del cuestionario. Se comparó la puntuación en la escala entre los estudiantes de grado y de máster; entre los estudiantes de Grado de Magisterio de Educación Infantil y el de Educación Primaria; y entre los estudiantes de grado antes y después de cursar la asignatura Necesi…

The 21st Century Reforms (Re)Shaping the Education Policy of Inclusive and Special Education in Finland

2021

In recent decades, an essential global aim of the reforms of special education has been the promotion of inclusive education. This article discusses the implementation of reforms with a focus on tiered support systems in the context of Finnish comprehensive school education. Based on earlier literature, legislation, and administrative documents, we provide a background for Finnish education policy and special education reforms. The focus of this article is on the description of parallel reforms targeting the re-structuring of the systems around support for students and funding of education in the 2010s. We discuss the processes leading to these reforms and the reforms themselves. In additio…

Reforming policy, changing practices? : special education in Finland after educational reforms

2019

The aim of the research was to examine the changes in special education practices following the funding reform in 2010 and the reform of the Basic Education Act in 2011. The research focused on studying if the practices in municipalities and schools have changed according to the aims of the reforms. In addition, the research examined variations in the practices and changes among municipalities and schools as well as the factors that explained the variations. The research was based on three kinds of data: a survey of principals (N = 335), interviews with high-ranking officials in the municipal education administration (N = 7), and the official statistics for special education in municipalitie…