scholarly journals The contribution of a special educational institution to a more inclusive society

2017 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katja Jeznik ◽  
Jasna Mazgon ◽  
Klara Skubic-Ermenc
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Special School ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Inclusive Society ◽  
International Festival

Despite the fact that the integration model of education was introduced in Slovenia 17 years ago, the inclusion of persons with special needs into education and community remains a major challenge. In order to improve their opportunities, the largest special school in Ljubljana has for ten years organised an international festival Play with me, with the main aim of supporting inclusion of people with special needs with the rest of the population. The organisers aim to create opportunities for all to take part together in various play, sport and artistic activities. The paper presents the findings of a study in which the inclusive practices of the festival were researched and evaluated. The study was aimed at gaining a deeper understanding of the role a special school can play in the creation of a more inclusive society. Data were gathered using an online questionnaire targeting the mentors and volunteers who accompanied participants at the festival. 132 mentors and 64 volunteers responded. The quantitative non-experimental empirical analysis of the data has indicated that the respondents recognised the inclusive nature of the festival. The festival proves that inclusion is a multifaceted phenomenon which can be supported by various activities and endeavours.

scholarly journals The integration in educational system of children with disability - a philosophy and a legal obligation

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Entela HOXHAJ ◽  
Irma Baraku
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Children With Disability ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation

The increasing fisibility of the children with disability or special needs enhanced the debate and efforts for a new philosohy related to the treatment‎ of disability problematics in general and, especially, to their education. The concept of diasbility has evolved to a model of integration and social inclusion, especially the social ‎inclusion of children with disability in common schools‎. The law 'On the protection from discrimination' prohibits discrimination on grounds of disability, and refusal of registration in an educational institution because of this ground. Furthermore, this law provides the obligation of statal institutions to take positive measures to make possible the enhance of education of vulnerable groups, including children with disability or special needs. These provisions would lack if not accompanied with the creation of a legal framework that explicitly provide for this inclusion philosophy and create the proper mechanisms to make it applicable. It is evident the indispensability of a multi-dimensional treatment of this problematic, that requires also the collaboration of many actors.‎ ‎The innovative stands just in the creation of mechanisms that would make possible such an inclusion. This process requires directors of educational institutions and active and teachers, devoted on the integration of children with disability in every aspect of teaching and educational process.

Personality Characteristics of Tulpamancers and Their Tulpas

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Martin ◽  
Bailey Thompson ◽  
Steven Lancaster
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Positive Experiences ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Personality Similarity

Tulpamancy is a practice that involves the creation of imagined sentient companions, tulpas, who abide within their human host's mind. The primary aim of our study was to examine the personality characteristics of tulpas and their hosts. Further, we examined the role of personality similarity in predicting relationship satisfaction. Individuals with tulpas completed an online questionnaire of host and tulpa personality and scales of host’s relationship satisfaction. Our pre-registered analyses (https://aspredicted.org/blind.php?x= bi484h) found that hosts reported positive experiences with their tulpas. While we predicted that the personalities of the host and tulpa would be complementary, our results indicated they were more consistent with a similarity perspective. Finally, our hypothesis that the personalities of hosts and tulpas would be related to perceived relationship satisfaction was supported for certain personality characteristics. Our results provide evidence that the tulpa-host relationship may function as a beneficial mechanism in the lives of the host.

The Role Of Motion Games On The Development Of Children With Special Needs In The Primary Cycle

2019 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Iuliana-Luminita Constantin ◽  
Marin Chirazi
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Special School ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Typical Development ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Primary Cycle ◽  
Rules Of The Game

The purpose of this research is to highlight the role of the games of movement on the development and social integration of children with special educational requirements from the primary cycle, studying the theme in the literature. According to statistics in the field over the last years, there has been an increase in the number of children with special needs in regular schools. Thus, children who a few years ago would have been included in a special school, today have facilities at a regular school, along with children with typical development and have a similar curriculum to follow [7]. This is why motion games are a method, an important opportunity to integrate children with special requirements in a collective, because through them children cooperate (working in groups or pairs) making new friends, no longer feeling rejected, communication becomes easier, collaborates to achieve the goal of the game, support each other, become more responsible by observing the rules of the game and accept each other as they are. The game develops the ability to adapt easily to new situations, increases effort capacity, teaches children to be careful and develops their confidence. Due to the fact that movement games are performed more in group, they provide socialization, but they must be adapted according to the child's deficiency. Conclusion: We have found that motion games are an effective way to integrate children with special educational needs into a collective, because through them children make new friends easier, they are accepted in collectivity, communication becomes easier, they support and understand each other and most importantly accepted as they are. Through the game children feel free to act.

scholarly journals Political Institutions and Coups in Dictatorships

2021 ◽  
pp. 001041402199716
Author(s):  
Nam Kyu Kim ◽  
Jun Koga Sudduth
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Democratic Institutions ◽  
The Creation

Does the creation of nominally democratic institutions help dictators stay in power by diminishing the risk of coups? We posit that the effectiveness of political institutions in deterring coups crucially depends on the types of plotters and their political goals. By providing a means to address the ruling coalition’s primary concerns about a dictator’s opportunism or incompetence, institutions reduce the necessity of reshuffling coups, in which the ruling coalition replaces an incumbent leader but keeps the regime intact. However, such institutions do not diminish the risk of regime-changing coups, because the plotters’ goals of overthrowing the entire regime and changing the group of ruling coalition are not achievable via activities within the institutions. Our empirical analysis provides strong empirical support for our expectations. Our findings highlight that the role of “democratic” institutions in deterring coups is rather limited as it only applies to less than 38% of coup attempts.

scholarly journals Data diaries: A situated approach to the study of data

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 205395172199603
Author(s):  
Nathaniel Tkacz ◽  
Mário Henrique da Mata Martins ◽  
João Porto de Albuquerque ◽  
Flávio Horita ◽  
Giovanni Dolif Neto
Keyword(s):  
Natural Hazards ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Data Intensive ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Data Practices ◽  
National Centre ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Situated Approach

This article adapts the ethnographic medium of the diary to develop a method for studying data and related data practices. The article focuses on the creation of one data diary, developed iteratively over three years in the context of a national centre for monitoring disasters and natural hazards in Brazil (Cemaden). We describe four points of focus involved in the creation of a data diary – spaces, interfaces, types and situations – before reflecting on the value of this method. We suggest data diaries (1) are able to capture the informal dimension of data-intensive organisations; (2) enable empirical analysis of the specific ways that data intervene in the unfolding of situations; and (3) as a document, data diaries can foster interdisciplinary and inter-expert dialogue by bridging different ways of knowing data.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI STRATEGI KAYANG TERHADAP KEBERHASILAN PAUD INKLUSI KASYA DAY CARE CENTER AND SCHOOL BANDA ACEH

2021 ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
Yenni Muflihan
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Children With Special Needs ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Banda Aceh

Basically, all children have the same rights to get education, including children with special needs. Teachers must be able to understand and think about what learning strategies are suitable for children with special needs, because children with special needs require special treatment in educating or teaching them. Inclusive PAUD is an educational institution intended for children with special needs, in addition to children with special needs, many students have also registered in Kasya Inclusion PAUD. This study aims to analyze the implementation of learning strategies in the Kasya Day Care Center and School Banda Aceh Inclusion PAUD, namely the “kayang” strategy, through the library research method. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that the “kayang” strategy has had a huge impact on the progress and success of the Kasya Day Care Center and School Banda Aceh Inclusion PAUD.

scholarly journals Cultivation of Special Needs Students’ Citizenship as the Basis in the aspiration of Ukraine to European Integration

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevhenia Fedorova
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Special Needs Students ◽  
Social Unit ◽  
Integrated Environment ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Higher Educational

Abstract The prospects for the cultivation of special needs students’ citizenship as a prerequisite for the entry of Ukraine into the European Community have been described. The priority of compliance of European democratic sociocultural standards and humanistic values, among which the most important are the changes of attitude towards the disabled people, providing the establishment of equal rights for all Ukrainian citizens, has been specified. It has been confirmed that equal rights for all citizens are a guarantee of the disabled person’s civil self-affirmation and preservation of his honor and dignity. An analysis of domestic and foreign scholars’ works on the issue of citizenship education of young people with special needs has been represented. The pecularities of the special needs students’ citizenship education in the integrated environment of higher educational institutions have been characterised. On the basis of the analyzed literature it has been determined that a special needs’ student has got an opportunity to gain greater understanding of himself and his role in the society, improve his adaptive skills, expand the range of interests and social circle, ensure his own potentialities as a social unit and assert himself in his own value to the society under the conditions of higher educational institution of integrated type. The factors underlying the formation of special needs students’ citizenship in the integrated environment of higher educational institution and characterizing the individual’s citizenship in the democratic society have been thoroughly described.

scholarly journals ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ И СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ОРЕНБУРГСКОГО ИНСТИТУТА НАРОДНОГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ В 1919-1921 гг.

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 29-35
Author(s):  
S.V. Lyubichankovskiy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Material Base ◽  
Orenburg Region ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
State Archives

On the basis of archival documents extracted from the funds of the State Archives of the Orenburg Region, the article reconstructs the process of organizing a new higher educational institution of pedagogical profi le in Orenburg - the Institute of Public Education. The fi rst stage of its development (1919-1921), associated with the formation of this educational institution, the creation of its material base, the formation of the staff and the structure of the educational process, is considered.

scholarly journals Botanikus kertek kialakulása, tervezése, építése, és használatuk a gyógyításban

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 420-464
Author(s):  
Laura Sipos
Keyword(s):  
Herbal Medicines ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Safety And Efficacy ◽  
The Past ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Creation

The main purpose of this study is to demonstrate the past way of gardens’ development throughout the men’s history. The onset was the creation of the first gardens, later on, their evolution related to their type and purpose, finally there are concerns about the external factors that instigated the flourishing of horticulture. Monastic medicine is one of the key issues thus this study contains a dedicated chapter about this topic since it is really important how the medical use of herbs evolved throughout the past times. There is also presented the botanical garden⁠—one of the main garden types⁠—using the specific example of this country’s greatest Füvészkert (Herbal Garden) in Hungary. Since ever, there was fiercely debated the therapeutic classification of herbal medicines, if their safety and efficacy were proven, and whether there were needed legislation about their administration. A specific chapter is concerning these issues too. There are also presented outcomes of online questionnaire-based research answered by 700 responders.

scholarly journals EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION ACTIVITY IN THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PROCESS

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 90
Author(s):  
Marite Rozenfelde
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Student Diversity ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Support Team ◽  
Inclusive Policy ◽  
Social Pedagogue ◽  
Education Process

The article provides a summary of a theoretical study on the main provisions of the activity of the educational institution’s administration in creating and implementing an inclusive educational process at the institution. Inclusive education is teamwork – the responsibility and obligation shared by the whole educational institution is a challenge to the whole team of the educational institution and first of all, a challenge to the administration of the educational institution. Inclusive education can be implemented in various ways all united by organizational culture with positive perception of student diversity, an understanding that the leaders working at educational institutions with their colleagues have a central role in promoting the inclusive culture. The role of administration in the development of the inclusive educational process at an educational institution is to ensure the implementation of the norms concerning the rights of students with special needs to be included, to maintain inclusive policy in the activity of the educational institution, to provide everyone involved in the learning process with information about the special needs of the students, to allocate funds for providing for the special needs, to guarantee accessibility of the educational institution. The administration and the support specialists of the educational institution must work as a team, must develop a plan of measures for the implementation of a further inclusive education process of the educational institution, for providing the support in education where the measures for educational support include determining and assessment of the needs of a student; consultations and support for all students, including the students with special needs, professional development, consultations and support for teachers, the students’ parents and the specialists; consultations of the support team specialists and services, also attracting specialists from other institutions; technical aids and equipment (if necessary); an opportunity to study using sign language and the services of an interpreter (if necessary); transportation services (if necessary, also with an accompanying person); assistant services, etc. The make-up of specialists of the support team of the educational institution – speech and language pathologist, psychologist, social pedagogue, special education pedagogue, medical specialist, etc. can vary depending on the needs and circumstances of the students of the specific educational institution. Work responsibilities of these support team professionals in the general support system of the educational institution are analyzed in the article.

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