Issues of Special Education in Romanian Schools

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Ana-Maria Bolborici ◽  
Diana-Cristina Bódi
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Social Document

School managers, teachers, students, as well as their parents are faced with increasingly frequent attempts to integrate the diversity of pupils as a result of integration policies at national and European level. Educational needs of impaired persons require special attention. Is necessary to make steps should be taken to ensure access to education for each category of disabled person as part of the education system. Legislative framework in the field of special education Romania takes into account the legislation created by the international bodies on the education of persons with special educational needs, to which Romania has adhered. This paper presents aspects regarding the organization of educational support services dedicated to children, students and young people with special educational needs in mainstream schools in accordance with Romanian law; it also underlines the international legal framework of reference.This paper is part of a wider project that focuses on teacher training to optimize the integration of SEN pupils into the mainstream school; we used data collection methods, such as social document study and focus-group. An integrated and tailored approach is needed for children with SEN (special educational needs); focus-groups organized with primary school and gymnasium children, as well as with support teachers, revealed a number of adaptation issues from both sides (pupils with SEN and students with no problems). On the other hand, the itinerant teachers are assaulted by a series organization problems and it becomes impossible to provide support and assistance to children with special needs who are growing in numbers.Training of teachers is one of the most important pillars in the integration of all those involved in education, it is the way to optimize service organizations. Teacher training must respond to the real and complex needs of the beneficiaries, based on exploratory learning.In the final, will be presented and analyzed the main important problems faced by both teachers and pupils in the current educational context. Keywords: special education, educational needs, integration policies, children, teachers

scholarly journals ENSINO DE QUÍMICA NO CONTEXTO DA EDUCAÇÃO ESPECIAL: UMA ANÁLISE DE ARTIGOS PUBLICADOS NA REVISTA QUÍMICA NOVA NA ESCOLA NO PERÍODO DE 1995 A 2016

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 431-448
Author(s):  
Jully Chagas da Silva ◽  
Mara Maria Dutra
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Chemistry Education ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Chemistry Teaching ◽  
Didactic Strategies

Resumo: Esse estudo tem como objetivo mapear os artigos publicados na revista Química Nova na Escola (QNEsc), analisando as contribuições do periódico para o ensino de química no contexto da educação especial, no período de 1995 a 2016. A escolha da QNEsc se deu pela relevância das publicações que envolvem a educação química. Sob o ponto de vista metodológico, essa pesquisa básica tem caráter descritivo e exploratório, caracterizando-se em um levantamento do tipo estado da arte, de abordagem mista. Constatou-se que apenas 11 das publicações do periódico tratam de assuntos relacionados à educação especial. A exploração do material permitiu categorizar quanto ao foco temático: formação docente, ensino e aprendizagem, materiais didáticos e revisão de literatura. Quanto ao tipo de necessidades educacionais especiais abordados foram categorizadas em: deficiência visual, deficiência auditiva e geral. Os resultados apontam notáveis contribuições para a alfabetização química de estudantes com necessidades educacionais especiais, entre os quais destacam o aprimoramento da formação docente, difusão de pesquisas, elaboração de materiais e estratégias didáticas que favorecem a construção do conhecimento em um processo inclusivo.Palavras-chave: Educação especial; QNEsc; ensino de química. Abstract: The purpose of this study is to map the articles published in the Química Nova na Escola (QNEsc) (New Chemistry at School) magazine by analyzing the contributions of the journal towards chemistry teaching in special education within the period of 1995 to 2016. The choice of QNEsc was due to the relevance of its publications that involve chemistry education. Under the methodological point of view, this basic research is of a descriptive, exploratory nature, being characterized as a state of the art type ascertainment from a mixed approach. It was found that only 11 of the journal publications are about subjects related to special education. The exploration of the material allowed for the categorization regarding the thematic focus: teacher training, teaching and learning, didactic materials, and revision of the literature. As to the types of special educational needs covered they were categorized as follows: visual impairment, hearing impairment and general. The results point towards notable contributions for chemistry literacy of special educational needs students, among which stand out the enhancement of teacher training, diffusion of research, elaboration of materials and didactic strategies that favor the construction of knowledge in an inclusive process.Keywords: Special education; QNEsc New Chemistry at School; Chemistry teaching.

scholarly journals Integrative Approach to the Organization of Psychological and Pedagogical Support for Children with Health Impairments

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-207
Author(s):  
С.В. Феоктистова ◽  
Е.В. Лобанова ◽  
Н.А. Самотохина ◽  
Е.В. Приходько
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Support System ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
Health Impairments

В статье рассмотрена проблема факторов и условий формирования профессиональной компетентности педагогов в области коррекционно-образовательной деятельности. Актуальность исследования обусловлена рядом противоречий между правами, запросами, образовательными потребностями детей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья (ОВЗ) и состоянием системы комплексного их сопровождения в образовательном пространстве. Цель исследования состояла в выявлении актуальных проблем формирования профессиональной компетентности педагогов и обосновании интегративного подхода к организации психолого-педагогического сопровождения детей с ОВЗ. На основе анализа современных исследований проанализированы проблемы организации образовательного процесса для детей с нарушениями развития и определена необходимость пересмотра условий подготовки специализированных кадров для обеспечения соответствующих условий обучения детей с особыми образовательными потребностями. Выделены условия успешного взаимодействия педагогов и психологов при решении задач комплексного сопровождения обучающихся с ограниченными возможностями здоровья. Проанализированы основания интегративного подхода, его функций и возможности реализации при подготовке студентов к осуществлению коррекционно-образова­тельной деятельности. Обозначена перспективность исследования, связанная с разработкой модели продуктивного взаимодействия специалистов, обеспечивающего их со-организацию, со-творчество и сотрудничество в области комплексного сопровождения детей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья The article analyzes factors and conditions influencing special education teachers’ professional competence formation. The relevance of the research is accounted for by the fact that there are discrepancies between the rights, wants and educational needs of children with health impairments and the educational support system. The aim of the research is to investigate problems associated with the formation of special education teachers’ professional competence and to substantiate the need to develop an integrative approach to the implementation of psychological and pedagogical support to children with health impairments. The analysis of modern research enables the authors to investigate problems related to the provision of support to children with health impairments and to define the necessity to reinvestigate the conditions of preparing special education teachers able to support their students. The article describes the conditions of effective cooperation between teachers and psychologists required to ensure that students with special educational needs get all the support they want. The article analyzes the integrative approach to novice special education teachers’ training. The prospects for further research are related to specialists’ effective collaboration, cooperation, cocreativity as prerequisites for ensuring effective support for children with health impairments.

scholarly journals ЕВОЛЮЦІЯ СТАНДАРТІВ ПІДГОТОВКИ КВАЛІФІКОВАНОГО ВЧИТЕЛЯ СПЕЦІАЛЬНОЇ ОСВІТИ У США

2020 ◽  
pp. 250-263
Author(s):  
Наталія Никоненко ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Special Education ◽  
Teacher Training ◽  
Special Education Teachers ◽  
Education System ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Teachers Training

The systemic transformation of educational forms for children with special educational needs in the United States is considered one of the basic categories of the evolution of American education system and the corresponding changes in the system of teacher training for such children. The public awareness of the need to teach all children resulted in changes in the federal and state legislation, which directly affects the development of the education system, especially the availability and quality of education for all children, training teachers to work with them and implemented in various forms of interaction between students and teachers. Educators should be able to interact effectively with students with special educational needs, to self-actualize in the profession, and at the same time to find jobs in the profession easily, as their qualifications meet the requirements of the labor market, so developing corresponding standards becomes extremely important. The study of the American experience in the training of special education teachers provides a historical and comparative analysis of relevant standards. As a result of the analysis, conclusions were made about the dependence of special education teachers’ training standards on social, political, economic and other factors that determined the characteristics of care and education for people with disabilities, and thus directly influenced the formation of special education teachers’ training system in the United States. The analysed standards were adopted in different eras of special education teachers’ preparation: categorical orientation era (until late 1970s), noncategorical (1980-1990), and inclusive ones. The current content and organization of special education teacher training and inclusive education in the United States comply with the special teacher code of ethics, professional standards, and standards for the training, retraining, and certification of special education teachers according to their specialization. The purpose of this work is to study the specifics of standards for preservice special education teachers’ preparation in the USA as well as comparing the experience in Ukraine and formulating proposals for the domestic educational system reformation.

scholarly journals Od orzeczenia o potrzebie kształcenia specjalnego do indywidualnego programu edukacyjno-terapeutycznego

2018 ◽  
pp. 339-354
Author(s):  
MARIUSZ WIELEBSKI
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Special Education Eligibility ◽  
Adam Mickiewicz

Mariusz Wielebski, Od orzeczenia o potrzebie kształcenia specjalnego do indywidualnego programu edukacyjno-terapeutycznego [From the decision on special education eligibility to an individual educational and therapeutic plan]. Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej, nr 22, Poznań 2018. Pp. 339-354. Adam Mickiewicz University Press. ISSN 2300-391X. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/ikps.2018.22.19 In my article I would like to show the complicated way from the decision about special education to individual educational and therapeutic plan. I am going to show how government statements are sometimes hard and complicated for parents, teachers and other specialists, who are looking after the children with special educational needs. I try to show everyday life in my job – teacher, specialist of pedagogical therapy. I hope my article will help and change our reality.

scholarly journals ACMEOLOGICAL INTERACTION OF PARTICIPANTS OF THE INCLUSIVE PROCESS IN THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION SETTINGS OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 267-278
Author(s):  
Tetyana Shapovalova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Inclusive Process ◽  
National University ◽  
The Right

The article describes the prerequisites for the creation and implementation of an inclusive educational environment in higher education settings in Ukraine. Contradictions have been identified between the legal framework governing higher education for students with special educational needs and the lack of appropriate physical and psychological conditions for the realization of the right to education, and the contradiction between the existence of a tendency to integrate the educational process and the need to individualize the educational process. It is determined that the state of development of inclusive education in Ukraine is characterized by insufficient development of both social and acmeological mechanisms of interaction of key figures of the educational process. The types of inclusive education implemented by higher education institutions are described. The experience of implementation of inclusive educational policy at Lviv Polytechnic National University and the University "Ukraine" is considered. The author's development of the model of acmeological interaction of participants of the inclusive process in the inclusive educational environment is presented, and the criteria and indicators of evaluation of the interaction of the participants of the inclusive process in the inclusive educational environment are explained. It was found that a serious obstacle to the introduction of inclusive higher education in Ukraine is the lack of financial capacity of universities: there is no equipped environment, there are no special programs aimed at such education. Conclusions are made regarding the importance of acmeological interaction of participants in the inclusive process in an inclusive educational environment, which is not only to improve the situation of students with special educational needs but also to create positive aspects of social development in general.

scholarly journals Perceção dos professores do 1o CEB, relativamente ao decreto-lei 54/2018 sobre a educação inclusiva

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 702-713
Author(s):  
Sónia Leite ◽  
Diana Brás
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Regular Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
International Classification ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Resumo As sociedades têm, ao longo dos tempos, desenvolvido práticas e conceitos diversos face ao que consideram como “o diferente”. A forma como as pessoas “diferentes” têm sido encaradas em diversos momentos históricos traduz, de alguma forma, fatores de ordem social, cultural, religiosa e económica, próprios das diversas épocas (Pereira, 1999). Na última década, foram introduzidas mudanças significativas no apoio a prestar aos alunos com Necessidades Educativas Especiais (NEE) pelas escolas do ensino regular. O Decreto-Lei no 3/2008, de 7 de Janeiro veio revogar o Decreto-Lei no 319/91, de 23 de Agosto, o qual determina os apoios especializados a prestar aos alunos com NEE. Este diploma gerou muita controvérsia por parte dos investigadores nacionais, por limitar o público-alvo de apoios especializados e defender um modelo de avaliação das NEE por referência à Classificação Internacional de funcionalidade, incapacidade e saúde (CIF). Uma década depois, o diploma que regulamenta a Educação Especial foi novamente revisto, tendo surgido o Decreto-Lei 54/2018. Através de um questionário com questões abertas e fechadas foi nosso intuito obter informação relativamente à perspetiva dos professores de ensino regular acerca da inclusão de alunos com NEE nas salas de ensino regular e às alterações previstas no novo Decreto-Lei que regulamenta a Educação Especial e os apoios a prestar a estes alunos.Palavras-chave: Educação Especial, Necessidades Educativas Especiais, Decreto-Lei Abstract Societies have, over time, developed diverse practices and concepts in relation to what they consider as "the different". The way in which "different" people have been viewed at various historical moments translates in some way into social, cultural, religious and economic factors characteristic of the various eras (Pereira, 1999). In the last decade, significant changes have been introduced in support for pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN) in regular schools. Decree- Law no. 3/2008, of 7 January, revoked Decree-Law no. 319/91, of 23 August, which determines the specialized support to be provided to students with SEN. This diploma generated much controversy on the part of the national researchers, for limiting the target audience of specialized supports and to defend a model of evaluation of the SEN with reference to the International Classification of functionality, incapacity and health (CIF). A decade later, the diploma that regulates Special Education was again revised, and Decree-Law 54/2018 emerged. Through a questionnaire with open and closed questions, it was our intention to obtain information regarding the perspective of teachers of regular education about the inclusion of students with SEN in the regular teaching rooms and the changes provided for in the new Decree- Law that regulates Special Education and the support to these students.Keywords: Special Education, Special Educational Needs, Decree-Law

High-Leverage Practices for All Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 190-214
Author(s):  
Pam Epler
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
General Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
General Education Classroom ◽  
Educational Situation ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This chapter is designed to inform and educate the reader about high-leverage practices used in the general education classroom and with students with identified special educational needs. The chapter starts by explaining how high-leverage practices originated and continues with a discussion about the similarities and differences between the general and special education high-leverage practices. The chapter then finishes with a discussion about how both types of practices can be applied to any educational situation.

scholarly journals A Journey of Self-Reflection in Students’ Perception of Practice and Roles in the Profession

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Remigijus Bubnys
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Practical Experiences ◽  
The University

The basis of the study is the findings of scientific research dealing with experiential reflections of university students studying in the special education Bachelor degree study program in Lithuania. The special educator is a teacher of children with special educational needs, an educational assistance specialist who is able to recognize, assess, and meet children’s special educational needs arising due to disabilities, disorders, or learning difficulties, and to professionally provide special pedagogical assistance in the conditions of inclusive and special education. In order to analyze the experience of prospective special educators who study at the university for four years, first year students were chosen. At the start of their studies at the university, in the first month of their studies, students do their practice in the institutions of the educational system: Pre-school, general, and/or special education institutions. The aim of the practice is to get familiar with the subtleties of the future professional activity. It is maintained that students’ initial experience outlived at the start of studies is important and significant for further studies at the university. The article deals with the results of written reflections of students who have returned from practice. The phenomenological hermeneutics method enabled to disclose students’ experiences in their practical activities during their observational practice, providing deeper understanding of the study area, as a precondition for reflective learning in further university studies, and by interacting with participants of the (self) education process, the article presents future special educators’ practical experiences and perceptions of their roles in the profession. The results disclosed that self-reflection provides students with deeper perception of themselves as people with special educators’ needs and problems, personal strengths and competence limitations that enable them to identify sources and means for solving existing and future professional activity problems. It further reveals that cooperation with family members, university teachers, social pedagogues, teachers, children with special educational needs, sharing experiences with student colleagues could lead to greater self-confidence in oneself as a future specialist. Curiosity and personal initiative enabled students to identify positive and difficult moments of the professional activity and future professional role while learning from experience.

Special educational needs must be identified and supported earlier

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 7-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Educational Needs ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Complex Needs ◽  
Mainstream Education

As more children with complex needs find themselves in mainstream education, it is crucial that trusts and schools provide guidance for all early years professionals.

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