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Special Education

Notes • The curriculum at the primary stage should be an extension of that of pre-school education.
The curriculum for EMR children should be oriented towards providing readiness skills,
language development concept formation, socially adaptive behaviours and teaching basic of
reading, mathematics and handwriting.
• Emphasis should be gradually placed on work-habits, vocational training, and family life
education as the child makes progress from primary education to the secondary education.
• The regular classroom teacher has to play a significant role in teaching such children in the
regular classroom.

15.6 Keywords

• Educator : A person whose job is to teach or educate people.
• Individual : Considered separately rather than as part of a group.
• Necessity : The fact that something must happen or be done, the need for something.
• Maturation : The process of becoming made mature or adult.
15.7 Review Questions

1. Write a note on the following teaching strategies:
(i) Learning by doing
(ii) Graded curriculums
2. What is individualization process of teaching?
3. What are the preventive measures for MR children?
4. What is the role of the teacher in the education of MR children?
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (i) slow (ii) 6 (iii) 70 (iv) training
2. (i) True (ii) False (iii) True (iv) True
3. (i) (a) (ii) (c) (iii) (b)

15.8 Further Readings

1. Special Education: Daniel P. Hallahan, James M. Kauffman, Paige C. Pullen; Pearson
Education, Inc.
2. ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children Reston VA: Visually
handicapped: Requires special educational provisions because of ... as lighting, use of
optical aids and devices, tasks, and personal characteristics.
3. Special Education : Laura Rothstein; Scott F.Johnson; Sage Publisher, Inc.

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