USPCZV103 Current Trends in Special Education

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 0 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Kateřina Janků, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Eva Zezulková, Ph.D.
Institute of Special Education – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Klára Truparová
Timetable
Sat 24. 2. 8:05–12:10 C206, Sat 2. 3. 13:05–16:20 ONLINE
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(C) && ROCNIK(1)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to bring to light the current trends in special education in the context of society-wide social and cultural changes. The subject includes not only theoretical regularities and information regarding current legislative and valid curricular documents, but also knowledge that is applied in current practice and relates to direct education in various social environments, in various forms and areas of the quality of life of persons with disabilities and disadvantages.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- be able to navigate current trends in special pedagogy both here and abroad,
- know the current legislative and curricular documents valid in the Czech Republic,
- be able to explain the concept of inclusion, exclusion,
- be able to characterize the inclusive education of pupils with special educational needs – support measures,
- be able to characterize pedagogical and psychological counseling services.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the issue of changes in the paradigms of special education. (Subtopics: action framework for the education of children and adults with special educational needs).
  • Definition of common, segregated, integrated and inclusive education. (Subtopics: definition and goals of inclusive education, myths about inclusion, principles of inclusive education).
  • Strategic and conceptual documents relating to current trends in co-education.
  • Legislative and curricular documents related to current trends in co-education (Subtopics: teamwork of the teacher, special pedagogue and assistant, school counseling workplaces).
  • Issues of equal opportunities, social equality and social justice. (Subtopics: comparison of approaches to inclusion in Czech education with current trends abroad).
  • Educational connections in the causalities of special educational needs and support measures. (Subtopics: support plan as a possibility to implement individual support).
  • Educational connections in the causes of social exclusion.
  • Educational contexts in working with a heterogeneous class. (Subtopics: risk and protective factors at school, concept of early intervention for pupils with special educational needs, management of an inclusive classroom).
  • The starting points of joint education in the context of the family.
  • Basics of joint education in the school context - characteristics of support measures. (Subtopics: course of the diagnostic process at school, factors of successful learning in inclusive teaching, the role of the teacher in the inclusive classroom, specifics of the evaluation process).
  • Basics of joint education in the context of pedagogical-psychological and special pedagogical consultancy.
  • Examples of good practice - in our country and around the world.
Literature
    required literature
  • ADAMUS, P., ZEZULKOVÁ, E., KALEJA, M., FRANIOK, P. Inkluzivní vzdělávání v kontextu proměn českého školství. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7464-884-7.
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. Inkluzivní pedagogika: distanční studijní text. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2019. ISBN 978-80-7510-334-5.
  • KALEJA, M. Determinanty edukace sociálně vyloučených žáků z pohledu speciální pedagogiky. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-544-0.
  • KALEJA, M. (Ne)připravený pedagog a žák z prostředí sociální exkluze. Opava: Slezská univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7510-160-0.
  • KALEJA, M., ZEZULKOVÁ, E. Školská inkluze versus exkluze: vybrané kontexty vzdělávání sociálně vyloučených dětí a žáků s potřebou podpůrných opatření. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7464-840-3.
    recommended literature
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. Společné vzdělávání orientované na posílení kompetencí učitelů a žáků v inkluzivním prostředí školy. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. ISBN 978-80-210-8757-6.
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. Inkluze ve škole a ve společnosti jako interdisciplinární téma. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. ISBN 978-80-210-8093-5.
  • BARTOŇOVÁ, M., VÍTKOVÁ, M. et al. Strategie vzdělávání žáků se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v inkluzivním prostředí základní školy. Brno: Paido, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7315-255-0.
  • BASLEROVÁ, P., MICHALÍK, J., FELCMANOVÁ, L. a kol. Katalog podpůrných opatření: obecná část pro žáky s potřebou podpory ve vzdělávání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2020. ISBN 978-80-244-5717-8.
  • CINA, S., ROSINSKY, R. Multikultúrne v modernej škole - rómsky jazyk a kultúra. Nitra: Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, 2013. ISBN 978-80-8052-547-7.
  • KALEJA, M. (ed.). Podpora terciárního vzdělávání studentů se specifickými vzdělávacími potřebami na Ostravské univerzitě v Ostravě. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2012. ISBN 978-80-7464-174-9.
  • KLEIN, V. Pedagogický model inkluzívneho vzdelávania v základných školách. Prešov: Metodicko-pedagogické centrum, 2014. ISBN 978-80-565-0208-2.
  • LOPÚCHOVÁ, J., KRAJČÍ, P. Teória a výskum digitálnych a asistenčných technológií v inkluzívnej špeciálnej pedagogike. Ostrava: Ostravská univerzita, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7464-675-1.
Language of instruction
Czech
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