Inclusive Education: Origins, ‘Defectology’, and Kosovo’s Experiences of Inclusive Education

Title
Inclusive Education: Origins, ‘Defectology’, and Kosovo’s Experiences of Inclusive Education
Publication Date
2020
Author(s)
Joubert, Roelien
Harrington, Ingrid
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-4795
Email: iharring@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:iharring
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Sciedu Press
Place of publication
Canada
DOI
10.5430/ijhe.v9n1p52
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/27873
Abstract
Vygotsky (1993) first identified the theory of ‘Defectology’ to understand and describe children with special and additional needs, but essentially categorized them as ‘defective’ (Bartlett et al., 2004; Thomazet, 2009). It is with Vygotsky’s theory in mind that inclusive education frameworks in Kosovo and Russia are critically examined: whilst they both present similar methods of educating students with additional needs (Bartlett, Power & Blatch, 2004), analysis of these methods against their contrasting socio-political environments, requires careful consideration and attention.
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Citation
International Journal of Higher Education, 9(1), p. 52-59
ISSN
1927-6052
1927-6044
Start page
52
End page
59

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