Ecological Inventories and Curriculum Development for Special Education in Developing Countries.

Autor/in	Baine, David
Titel	Ecological Inventories and Curriculum Development for Special Education in Developing Countries.
Quelle	(1988), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Basic Skills; Cultural Influences; Curriculum Development; Daily Living Skills; Developing Nations; Disabilities; Educational Practices; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Effectiveness; Special Education; Student Educational Objectives; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Handicap; Behinderung; Bildungspraxis; Unterrichtserfolg; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	The paper describes common problems associated with special education curricula used in developing countries. Some of the problems are: (1) an emphasis on rote recall rather than comprehension and application of knowledge; (2) a focus on academic rather than functional skill training; (3) the teaching of generic, readiness, and preacademic skills rather than direct instruction of skills in the form in which they are or will be required in common daily tasks. Recommendations include: development of basic needs curricula founded on an analysis of the social, cultural, economic, and geographic characteristics of the students' environments; the development of curricula based on the analysis of both current and future needs in the students' environments; and the integration of academic and practical skill training. The paper also discusses step-by-step procedures for using ecological inventories to develop curricula that incorporate these recommendations. These curricula are ecologically valid for contemporary and future urban and rural environments in various developing countries. (Author/DB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01