Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences
Yazarlar: Minou Tabatabaie, Tavassoli-Naini Manuchehr
Konular:-
Anahtar Kelimeler:Rights-inclusive education, disability, special education,Disabled children,
Özet: Analysis of various international documents clearly suggests that international documents have provided a significant motivation to efforts undertaken at the national level about education of children with disabilities. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child imposed a requirement for radical changes to traditional approaches to provision made for children with disabilities. One year later, the 1990 World Conference on Education for all focused attention on a much broader range of children with disabilities who may be excluded from or marginalized within education systems. Its development has involved a series of stages during which education systems have explored different ways of responding to children with disabilities and others who experience difficulties in learning. This conference declared the inclusive education is regarded as the only means to achieve the goal of "Education for All". This trend was reaffirmed by next international documents. And finally, according to the article 24 of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, disabled persons should be able to access general tertiary education, vocational training, adult education and lifelong learning without discrimination and on an equal basis with others through reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. All of these documents played an important role in bringing the attention on to children with disabilities, especially on education as a vehicle for integration and empowerment. This research examines the new international trends occurring regarding the education of children with disabilities and finally results that the new trends show a movement from special education to inclusive education and moving from seclusion to inclusion and provide that solutions must focus on prevention, cure and steps to make these children as normal as possible. In this regard, States must ensure the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all disabled people, on an equal basis with others, and without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability.