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Supporting children with special educational needs and disabilities: examples of good practice at primary and lower secondary schools in and around Tábor.
KISBY, Hana
The theoretical part of this dissertation deals with the issue of special needs integration. It provides explanations of terms concerning special needs education whilst examining factors that could influence its success rate. Moreover, it specifies the legislative basis regarding the education of people with special educational needs. This includes the organisation of special educational provision and its types, the system of SEN support, the role of teaching assistants and their major responsibilities. The closing chapter consists of disability profiles of selected SEN pupils. The practical part is devoted to the casuistry of selected SEN pupils. It describes the diagnosis, course and progress of their disability from birth to present day and looks at how they interact with classmates as well as their educational performance, possibilities and limits. Moreover, it examines their family background and attitudes of parents and teachers towards their school duties, which present the increased demands so closely linked with the SEN process. Attention is drawn to the benefits of inclusive education for both pupils with disabilities themselves and for classes they are integrated into. Research took the form of personal document analysis, observation and interviews with the SEN pupils, their parents, teachers and classmates. In effect, the investigation implies that the success of special needs integration depends on a whole range of factors, perhaps the most crucial being the teacher's personality. This is of vital importance for managing both knowledge transfer and mutual interaction between mainstream children and children with disabilities.
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Posibilities of Support for Teaching a Foreign Language to Pupils with Special Educational Needs at Younger School Age
Kramářová, Dana ; Felcmanová, Lenka (advisor) ; Valešová Malecová, Barbara (referee)
Doctoral thesis titled Posibilities of support for teaching a foreign language to pupils with special educational needs at younger school age responds to the need to change the traditional approach in teaching a foreign language to pupils with specific difficulties. The aim is to map the use of a support program designed to support the curriculum in the English language to pupils with special educational needs of younger school age and on the basis of proven support program of applied within normal normal teaching hours to propose recommendations for practical language teaching. Theoretical bases of the current knowledge about specific learning difficulties young learners. Research is based on analysis of identified problem areas and analyzing pupils' acquired knowledge of the English language among pupils research sample, under which the pupils of the experimental group targeted presented support program, which includes elaborate didactic material aiming to promote the adoption of English curriculum. Analysis of the results of the output test of acquired knowledge pupils of the experimental group was focused on mapping the displacement achieved language skills, analyze the level of motivation and activities of pupils. In the end, the support program is evaluated and recommenndations are made arising from...
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The status of teaching assistant in an ordinary classroom
Jiskrová, Markéta ; Daďová, Klára (advisor) ; Migdauová, Alena (referee)
Title od bachelor work: The status of Teaching assistent in an ordinary classroom Place of work: Charles University in Prague - Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Department of Adapted Physical Education and Sports Medicine Author: Markéta Jiskrová Field of study: Adapted Physical Education and Sport Head of work: PhDr. Klára Daďová, Ph.D. Defence year: 2017 Objectives: The aim of my Bachelor Thesis is analyzing the status of Teaching assistent in an ordinary classroom. Method: Survey containing 16 questions was chosen as a basic research method. 54 teachers and 49 teaching assistants were interviewed. 23 teachers (43 %) and 20 teaching assistants (41 %) responded (age 20-60). Results: The survey showed that almost half of the teachers thought negatively about teaching assistants at first. However this opinion changed positively for most of the teachers. The work of pupil with special educational needs was positively changed. Assistants are authority for pupils and at the same time they maintain positive relationship with them. Key words: Teaching assistent, support measures, inclusive and integrative education, pupil with special educational needs.
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Primary school pupil's attitudes to the joint education with disabled pupils
Šulová, Jana ; Felcmanová, Lenka (advisor) ; Hájková, Vanda (referee)
This thesis is focused on the issue and possibilities of an education of disabled pupils in primary schools. The first two chapters deal with basic terms relating to this issue and are focused on legislation, current trends in the area of an education of disabled pupils, outline possibilities of integrative and inclusive education and consultancy services in the Czech education system. The third chapter brings an overview of current situation concerning education of these pupils in the Region Pardubice. Last chapter is dedicated to analysis primary school pupils' attitudes to the joint education with disabled students.
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Inclusive Practice in Education of Refugee Children
Bačáková, Markéta ; Květoňová, Lea (advisor) ; Šotolová, Eva (referee) ; Šiklová, Jiřina (referee)
TITLE: Inclusive Practice in Education of Refugee Children AUTHOR: Markéta Bačáková DEPARTMENT: Department of Special Education Research in refugee education is currently almost non-existent in the Czech Republic, even though internationally, it represents a topic much researched and debated. Its importance lies within the high vulnerability of persons fleeing their homes due to persecution as well as within the area of human rights enshrined in many international conventions together with the current educational trends, such as the inclusive education. Moreover, international research shows that refugee children provide us with an utmost unique view on the education system. Listening to their voices, therefore, has the potential to help us find new answers for the ever-increasing diversity in school population. The presented doctoral project aims to support the discussion in the area of educational experiences of refugee children in the Czech Republic and simultaneously, to reflect the practice of countries with long experience with international migration. The thesis builds on a case study of a group of resettled Burmese refugees in the Czech Republic and poses the question whether these children and their families have the possibility to fully enjoy the right to education embedded in many...
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Posibilities of Support for Teaching a Foreign Language to Pupils with Special Educational Needs at Younger School Age
Kramářová, Dana ; Valešová Malecová, Barbara (referee) ; Felcmanová, Lenka (referee)
Doctoral thesis titled Posibilities of support for teaching a foreign language to pupils with special educational needs at younger school age responds to the need to change the traditional approach in teaching a foreign language to pupils with specific difficulties. The aim is to create and map out the possibility of the use of the material-support file didactic aids, created to support the adoption of the selected curriculum in the English language for pupils with specific difficulties and verify his contribution in the field of the achieved knowledge, motivation and their active involvement in education. Partial goal is evaluation of the individual tools, which are processed using the multisenzorial approach and are designed to support the adoption of selected grammatical structures of foreign language (English). Theoretical bases of the current knowledge about specific learning difficulties young learners. Research is based on analysis of identified problem areas and analyzing pupils' acquired knowledge of the English language among pupils research sample, on the basis of which the file support has been specifically presented to pupils of the experimental group. Analysis of the results of the output test of acquired knowledge pupils of the experimental group was focused on mapping the...
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Care of Options for Children with Neuromuscular Diseases and Their Way of Special Educational Support in the Education Process in Region South of Bohemia
GRAUSAMOVÁ, Jana
Bachelor thesis is entitled "How to care for children with neuromuscular diseases and their ways of special educational support in the education process in the region of South Bohemia" and is divided into two parts. The first part is theoretical and there I define the concept of physical disability and neuromuscular diseases. Neuromuscular diseases are engaged in the second chapter where I first divide them by types of the disease and then I describe them in detail. In the third chapter I describe the multidisciplinary team and means of comprehensive rehabilitation system medical, social, educational and occupational. In the last chapter of the theoretical part I discuss ways of teaching support in the education process. When processing the theoretical part I use professional literature and professional journals. In empirical part I characterize the objective work, research methodology, obtained data analysis and finally, the discussion. The research was conducted by qualitative data collection using semi-standardized interview. Most respondents were approached by telephone or written request for cooperation in research. With these respondents I subsequently met in person in a specific facility. For reasons of keeping the anonymity the names of respondents and facilities are not listed in the thesis. The interviews were held in private and always by appointment except the students. The main aim was to find out not only what care options have children with neuromuscular disease and what is the special pedagogical support in education, but also how to incorporate children into the collective, what experience the educators have in integrating and how the parents look at it. These objectives are achieved. Work could be used for students who would serve as a resource. Furthermore, it could also serve for educators and parents who are related to this issue and are considering the integration of their child.
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Approaches to inclusive education of students with physical disabilities in elementary schools of the Třebíč region
PLÍŠKOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis of the topic "Possibilities of the inclusive education of the handicapped pupils at the primary schools in Třebíč´s region" is aimed at the possibilities of integration. Based on the literature sources, individuals with a physical handicap are happen to be the most suitable candidates for the inclusive education. The main obstacles of their schooling at regular primary schools appear to be architectonical dispositions and other people´s attitude. Such integration has been recently discussed quite frequently and currently there is being apparent an effort to obtain equal position and rights for handicapped individuals not only for education but also for status within the whole society. This thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The theoretical part is aimed at specification of the term "health handicap" and "physical handicap", furthermore at types of physical defective conditions, their causes, and allied disorders. As the topic prompts the thesis is aimed at education in the main educational stream, especially inclusive one. The author of the thesis has focused on current changes and described specifications of the handicapped individuals´ education. Briefly, there are mentioned schooling consulting services and supportive precautions which mainly cover a position of a teacher´s assistant and an individual educational plan. The introduction of the thesis mainly covers a goal of the thesis, and is focused on techniques and methods. The goal of the thesis is to learn how the primary schools in Třebíč´s region are prepared for the inclusive education of the physically handicapped pupils in the main educational stream. Based on the goal, the author has strived to define the following hypothesis: preparedness of the primary schools is affected by previously obtained experiences with already integrated pupils. A quantitative research has been completed in order to conduct data for the thesis. A questioning method and a technique of the personal questionnaire were used. The results of the questionnaires are added with graphs and tables. All primary schools in Třebíč´s region were addressed. In order to obtain a high level of backflow, the author personally contacted all schools and the questionnaires were physically provided. However, seven schools refused to participate in this research due to a lack of time, interest in research theme, or due to a previously held questionnaires research on the same or similar topic. The research was taken during the months of April and fifty-one schools participated. In order to confirm or disconfirm the hypothesis, the results were sorted separately from the schools which had already had previous experience with integration and those schools which had had no such experience previously. This comparison revealed that preparedness of the schools is influenced by previously gained experiences with the pupils´ integration. The results indicate that 45% of the schools have a certain experience with inclusive education of physically handicapped pupils. Whereas fourteen schools already educate an individual with handicap. These schools faced an issue of architectonical barriers which had to be resolved by either staircase adjustment or installation of a platform, elevator or loan of the stair equipment allowing transport of handicapped individuals. Those schools which are not experienced with integration of physically handicapped individuals have architectonical barriers. Only two schools claimed to be barrier free. Based on the results, it is apparent that another significant factor influencing integration happens to represent people who are part of such integration. Parents, teachers´ assistants and school management are all affected and their cooperation is essential.
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Influence of Interaction with People Suffering from Combined Form of Disability on Attitudes of the Students of Upper Primary School Aimed at Promoting Inclusion.
PRÁŠKOVÁ, Anna
The thesis deals with the issue of inclusion of people with disability into everyday life and the perception of these people by healthy pupils. The main aim of the thesis was to explore the impacts on attitudes of the pupils of middle school age towards people with the combined form of disabilities and the changes caused by the direct interaction between them and. The text is divided into two parts theoretical and practical. The theoretical part focuses on the phenomenon of otherness and its perception by pupils in the adolescence. The largest part is devoted to the integration and inclusion of people with disability into the mainstream education. The research part contains a qualitative research strategy, where the methods of questioning techniques and semi-structured interview were used. Data were analysed by the cluster method. The research group consisted of 20 pupils of class 7. A from one of the primary schools in the Vysočina region, who had personally met individuals with disabilities. The task of the research was to find a solution to following question: What effects do the inclusion supporting primary school activities, allowing personal contact with a person with the combined disabilities, have on the attitude of pupils of middle school towards this group of people? The research results show that personal meetings greatly influence the attitudes of the pupils towards the people with various disabilities. Mutual interaction leads to understanding and students begin to perceive them as normal people with the rights and skills to live as well as those without disabilities. All informants agreed that inclusion supporting activities ended up as a very good experience for them. They are no longer afraid of the future meetings with this group of people, they know what to expect and how to communicate with them. Inclusive education is currently a hot topic however it is necessary to explore this issue even more, in order to smooth the inclusion of individuals with disabilities among healthy populations. I personally consider it very important, in order to change the attitudes of the general public to people with disabilities. Achieving this goal is possible, as it is evident from the research of the thesis, by using inclusion supporting activities organized at the primary schools.
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