Mesleki Bilimler Dergisi (MBD)

Yazarlar: Vedat BAJRAMİ

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Childrwith special educational needs,Childrwith disabilities,Inclusive education,European Union,Kosovo

Özet: Inclusive education today is a main issue and requirement of all European institutions in the European Union, the European Council, among experts, NGOs and individuals. This research represents a study of different concepts and implementation of inclusive education in Europe and Kosovo. The paper is a result of a research of education systems, systems of support, legislation and evaluation of positive practice in the countries of the European Union and Kosovo. After the elaboration of the basic philosophy of inclusive education, which shows that inclusive education is the best solution to include the children with special educational needs (further SEN) in the education system, the main research questions were indentified for this study. The aim of the research, besides defining the most current definitions, is description of education systems of individual countries, practical review of inclusion of children with disabilities and children in multilingual environments, financial capabilities of implementation of inclusive process and prevalence of the groups of children engaged in the research. The research sample consists of 6 countries from Europe and Kosovo. The condition for the research countries to be included in the sample is based on the population number not being larger than 8 million. Because of the relevance of the comparative analysis, two older state members of the European Union were chosen (Austria, the Flemish and the French region of Belgium), two members of the European Union (Estonia and Slovenia), two Scandinavian countries (Finland and Norway) and Kosovo. Kosovo has received the status of a potential candidate for European Union membership.

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