scholarly journals INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN BULGARIA: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-326
Author(s):  
Natalia Georgieva
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Individual Needs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Successes And Challenges

The report is a brief overview of changes in education in Bulgaria after entry of the Pre-school and School Education Act, with regard to inclusive education. The emphasis is on the positive impact of the inclusion process on children and students. It focuses on the changes: from social and educational isolation through highlighting the variety of differences and individual educational features and needs of children and pupils to build inclusive policies in Bulgarian education. In recent years, inclusive education in Bulgaria has been successful, but has faced many challenges. Despite the changes, there are still different attitudes and stereotypes in the social society, including parents and a large number of pedagogical specialists working in general education schools. In separate chapters, the successes and challenges of inclusive education, in particular in the general and the additional support for the personal development of children/pupils in Bulgaria, have been analyzed. Attention is focused on the subjects of inclusive education - schoolchildren and students in the kindergarten and the individual needs of each. What are the facilities that pupils with special educational needs could benefit from during their education. The main elements of standard formal education are considered and compared with the principles of inclusive education and the need to adapt curricula to the individual pupils' individual pace. It is not limited school or kinder garden to develop a curriculum and apply a unified approach in the educational process to all children/pupils. The development and implementation should be complied with the individual needs of particular pupils and the opportunity to study in forms of education different from daily / individual, combined, independent/. The topic of specialists and teachers working in the educational system in Bulgaria, the need to acquire new necessary competences, which would increase their sensitivity to differences, is very briefly affected. The report focuses on parents' participation in the education of their children, the impact on their motivation, and the relevance to learning achievements. Accepting the fact that their children are educated in a class/group with children/pupils with learning needs. The role of the family and the community in coping with violence in schools and solving problems with discipline. And last but not least, the crucial importance and decisive role in the process of inclusive education of the school principals of, on which depends the creation of the necessary conditions for the process of inclusion.

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE TYPES OF SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN THE SITUATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75
Author(s):  
O. A. Belyaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
The Individual

The ideas of the article are based on the high social significance of discussing the practices of inclusive interaction in various spheres of life and ensuring the variability of approaches to the integration of children with special educational needs into the general education system. On the basis of the environmental approach in education, presented in the works of domestic and foreign authors, the basic principles are outlined and the general difficulties of the functioning of inclusive practice at the present stage are identified. The strategy of applying the vector approach to the examination and modeling of the environment of inclusive interaction and designing ways to improve it for the organization of psychological and pedagogical support of the educational process in school is justified. On the basis of the generalized results of the survey of teachers who organize the education of children with disabilities in non-specialized classes, the features and the type of relations that are currently developing in the joint education of schoolchildren with different educational needs during their integration into a single educational space are characterized. Using the methodology of psychological and pedagogical expertise of the school environment, the typification of the most characteristic influences exerted at modern schools on a child with a developmental disorder is carried out. The emerging dominant modality of the educational environment, its orientation to the development of relationships between teachers and peers, based on the priority of stimulating the activity of the individual with different degrees of manifestation of its freedom or dependence, is revealed. The article describes potential capabilities of each of the diagnosed types of environment in terms of its resources for ensuring freedom of choice of activities, stimulating activity, developing students' independence, and forming their personal characteristics. The diagnosed priority of creative and career-oriented orientation allowed us to draw conclusions about the currently established approaches to the inclusion of children with deviant development in the environment of normotypic peers.

PREPARING OF PRESCHOOL ТEACHERS TO WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Olena Kolosova ◽  
Anna Hilya ◽  
Irina Sarancha
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Preschool Teachers ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Future ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
The University

In the article, the authors analyzed the research on the problem of preparing the future preschool teachers for professional activities in an inclusive education. The barriers to the implementation of inclusive education in the practice of general education institutions have been identified. The conditions and ways to overcome obstacles and difficulties in the solving the problems of inclusion are highlighted. Attention is focused on the importance of the forming the professional and personal qualities of the future preschool teachers, required for working with children with special educational needs. It is proved that for effective implementation of the inclusive education in the practice of general education institutions by the future preschool teachers it should make some changes to the methodology of the organization of the educational process of the university in the process of their preparing. A number of tasks aimed at the preparing future preschool teachers for the professional activities in the inclusive education have been identified.  

scholarly journals Tutor Support of Learners with Special Educational Needs in Conditions of Inclusive Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-182
Author(s):  
E.V. Samsonova
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
Students With Autism ◽  
Spectrum Disorders ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Characteristics

Authors of the study analyze key characteristics of tutor support for students with special educational needs in the context of inclusive education. An activity model of tutor support based on the analysis of foreign and domestic research is proposed. The main goal of presented model is to create conditions for the development of active position of the individual. Individual cases of tutor support for students with autism spectrum disorders and behavioral and mental characteristics that determine various difficulties of their inclusion in the educational process are considered in the article. Due to the mentioned aspects, the problem of tutor support is actualized. Case analysis shows the relevance of a tutor's work within the framework of an activity-based approach to provide conditions for the development of a conscious involvement of students in the educational process as well as the development of an active position. Present situation requires additional research.

scholarly journals Control monitoring of the educational process of students with special learning needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladyslava Liubarets ◽  
Tetiana Miroshnichenko ◽  
Galyna Cherusheva ◽  
Nataliia Pyzh ◽  
Oksana Protas
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Development Program ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Special Learning Needs ◽  
The Individual

This article outlines and establishes the relationship of the main participants in the educational environment of inclusive education: triad “teacher-psychologist-teacher’s assistant”. The place, role and significance of the teacher's assistant in the team activity of psychological and pedagogical support, in the development and implementation of the individual program of development, differentiation and individualization of the educational process in an inclusive class, effective cooperation with parents, his participation in facilitating the socialization and adaptation of a child with special educational needs in the educational environment are determined. The stages of the educational process control of students with special educational needs and its structure are defined: assessment, diagnostics and monitoring. The principles of control and evaluation of the educational process for students with special educational needs are revealed. The participation in controlling of all members of the educational inclusive environment team is established. The importance of diagnosing the development of students with special educational needs and involving in the elaboration of an individual development program is also revealed.

Socialization of children with special educational needs in inclusive educational system

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14
Author(s):  
B.D. Kairbekova ◽  
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A.T. Tashimova ◽  
A.T. Kabbasova ◽  
A.K. Bektaev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Practical Result ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Progressive Development

Main problem: Today, the opinion about inclusion as the most progressive (in comparison with integration) approach is being strengthened among the society, which allows any child, regardless of the type and severity of the disorder, to learn with their normatively developing peers. The introduction of inclusive approaches into school practice can be called one of the top priorities of the state educational policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Inclusive education will help to resolve the contradiction between the legally guaranteed rights of children with disabilities to equal access to quality education and the de facto inequality in its implementation. Inclusion must be systematic and focused, not spontaneous. Therefore, it is optimal to teach a child with disabilities within the framework of the system of continuous general education. The creation and effective functioning of this system is impossible without a trained teacher, who is a key figure in the implementation of inclusive education. Purpose: Substantiation and disclosure of the contradiction between the guaranteed right of children with IAD and equal access to quality education for the socialization of children with special educational needs in inclusive education. Methods: in the course of the research, descriptive, systematization and analytical methods were used in the application of theoretical concepts, government programs, and legislative acts in inclusive education. Results and their importance: The implementation of the research goal is facilitated by the use of an alternative to the classroom-based organization of the educational process for the progressive development of children with IAD, which allows them to study harmoniously, regardless of the type and severity of the violation, together with their normatively developing peers. The given pedagogical observation is the obtained practical result of this study. The development of the system of class-based organization of the educational process for children with IAD in educational institutions is aimed at forming an effective system for ensuring the comprehensive development of inclusive education.

scholarly journals ЗАСТОСУВАННЯ ТЕХНОЛОГІЙ ІНКЛЮЗИВНОЇ ОСВІТИ ЯК ЗАСІБ СТВОРЕННЯ БЕЗБАР’ЄРНОГО НАВЧАННЯ ДІТЕЙ З ОСОБЛИВИМИ ОСВІТНІМИ ПОТРЕБАМИ

2020 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
Нагорна О. В.
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Full Inclusion ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Free Environment ◽  
Barrier Free

Today, one of the priorities of the Ukrainian state policy in the field of education is the creation of a universal barrier-free environment, barrier- free education, which makes it impossible to ensure the full inclusion of children with special educational needs in the educational process. The current situation in the modern education system is characterized by processes of modernization in all its structural components in particular it concerns educational standards, educational programs, principles of interaction of participants of the educational process, principles of organization of the educational environment, etc. The basis of inclusive education is to take into account the individual characteristics of children, the diversity of their educational needs, opportunities, and interests. Therefore, there is a need to change working methods, forms and technologies.

scholarly journals Influence of modelshipsport on children with special educational needs considering the features of competitive action

2021 ◽  
pp. 131-135
Author(s):  
Yelyzaveta Shytikova
Keyword(s):  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Extracurricular Activities ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Harmonious Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Out Of School

Out-of-school development of children and young people is an important component for harmonious development of necessary abilities and skills. Due to the variety of clubs, areas and sections that operate in out-of-school institutions, children have the right to choose classes for themselves based on their own preferences. Current trends in education are closely linked to the introduction of inclusive education and the creation of appropriate conditions for the education of children with special educational needs (SEN). In this aspect, worth highlighting out-of-school education, which is an integral part of the harmonious development of children. One of profiles are technical kinds of sports, which are represented by modeling clubs in out-of-school educational institutions and non-Olympic sports, that have their own national and international federations. The purpose of the research: to substantiate the impact of modelshipbuilding on children with SEN and to determine the features of competitive activities in modelshipsport. Objectives of the study: 1) Describe the system of competitions in modelshipsport among student youth; 2) Identify and characterize the features of modelshipbuilding and its significance for children with SEN. In the article we characterize the place of technical kinds of sports in the organizational structure of extracurricular activities; for the first time the system of indoors competitions among student youth (athletes under 18) in modelshipsport was analyzed and considered. Based on the analysis of documentation from the sites of the Federation of Modelshipbuilding and Modelshipsport of Ukraine and the World organisation NAVIGA, sections and classes of models, that exist in modelshipsport and among which competitions are held at the national and international levels are described. The peculiarities of the athlete's activity in modelshipsport are substantiated and the factors that determine the success of performance in general and during the competitions are determined. The orientation of classes and their positive impact for children, including children with special educational needs are substantiated.

Readiness for pedagogical activity as a criterion for the development of inclusive practice in the education system of the Republic of Tatarstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-152
Author(s):  
М.Р. Osipovskaya ◽  
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О.V. Laukart-Gorbacheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Educational Needs ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Pedagogical Discourse ◽  
The Republic

An interdisciplinary study examines the problems of implementing the concept of inclusive education in the education system of the Republic of Tatarstan. An urgent problem is the lack of training of teachers of General education organizations to work with children with disabilities who have special educational needs, which makes it necessary to form professional competencies of teachers related to the development of the ability to design and implement innovative technologies of educational and correctional work aimed at achieving educational results. The purpose of the study was to identify the opinions of teachers about the difficulties of implementing the concept of inclusive education in the national educational system and their readiness to be active in the new conditions. The object of the author's research was chosen pedagogical discourse. Written works (essays) of primary school teachers and subject teachers were used as a communication space reflecting pedagogical discourse. Discourse analysis was used as the main research method. The results of the analysis of pedagogical discourse confirmed the research hypothesis about the lack of training of teachers of the General education system to work with children with disabilities and indicate that the common problem of all teachers is the lack of positive motivation to work; lack of special knowledge about the organization of the educational process; practical skills necessary to work with children with special educational needs. The research data presented in the article give grounds to say that the Republican education system should create conditions for the development of inclusive practices using the network interaction of educational organizations, health and social protection institutions, constant methodological support for teachers, innovative teaching experience.

Designing an Inclusive Educational Environment in a General Education Organization: The Experience of Conceptualization

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-152
Author(s):  
A.G. Madzhuga ◽  
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S.A. Zhantasova ◽  
L.K. Fortova ◽  
Zh.V. Sharafullina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Modern School ◽  
The Government

the article reveals the content and legal aspects of the design features of an inclusive educational environment in a mass school. The understanding by the government and society as a whole of the concept of equal opportunities for children with disabilities and children with disabilities formed the basis for creating a special inclusive educational environment at school, determined the need to find effective ways to include and opportunities for interaction of subjects of an inclusive educational process. Based on the theoretical analysis of domestic and foreign literature, the authors present a refined definition of “inclusive educational environment”, define and describe its essential characteristics. Based on their research and personal experience in implementing inclusive education programs, they prove that an inclusive educational environment is a variation of the educational environment in which students with disabilities are provided with conditions for self-realization and the formation of value-semantic life orientations in the context of their special educational needs. For the first time in the context of the study, a scientifically based relationship between the values of inclusive education and inclusive policies, inclusive practices and inclusive culture is presented. When describing the fundamental principles underlying the design of an inclusive educational environment in a modern school, the authors reveal its algorithm and describe the value system of inclusive education.

Social Participation in Inclusive Classrooms: Empirical and Theoretical Foundations of an Intervention Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariana Garrote ◽  
Rachel Sermier Dessemontet
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Regular Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Socially Excluded ◽  
General Education Classrooms

Improving the social participation of children with special educational needs (SEN) is one of the central goals of inclusive education. However, studies consistently show that children with SEN included in general education classrooms are at risk of being socially excluded by their peers. Interventions are required to promote every child’s social participation. This article reviews skill-based, environment-based, and multicomponent interventions promoting the social participation of children with SEN included in general education classrooms. It then describes a multicomponent intervention program encompassing intervention strategies taking place at the individual, group, and teacher level. A first strategy is to provide pupils with opportunities to learn social skills in peer learning dyads. A second aims at forging a common group identity by holding regular group meetings to discuss common social goals. A third consists of supporting teachers to improve their feedback.

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