ENHANCING SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES OF TEACHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
MEANING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION:
Special education means specially designed instruction which meets the special education and related needs of an exceptional child. It is distinguished from regular educational programme for non-exceptional children by some unusual quality, something uncommon, noteworthy. It is something special – special materials, special training techniques, special equipment and special help and for special facilities may be required for special categories of children having special needs. For example,
Visually impaired children may require reading materials in large print or Braille. Hearing impaired children may require hearing aid, auditory training, lip reading, etc. Orthopaedically handicapped children may require wheel chairs, and removal of architectural barriers Mentally retarded children may need skill training. Read the rest of this entry »
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Education essays are the easiest essay topic around for it does not require much research work but to select a topic that grabs the attention of the readers plus forces them to go on reading the essay is quite difficult because most of them do not know how to craft a common subject into uncommon topic. This is the sole reason why students lose their marks in their essay exams.Therefore, we are providing some recommended topics for free education essay so that your essay does not fall short of standards.
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A study by the Second International Mathematics Study found that the “performance of the top 5 percent of U.S. Students is matched by the top 50 percent of students in Japan.” This translates a comparison between our brightest and best and smartest American students – the top one percent – “finish at the bottom” when measured against the best students from other countries. Why has America fallen so far behind in the quality of America’s educational system? Another study shows that “only one high school junior out of fifty (2 percent) can write well enough to meet national goals…and less than 10 percent of seventeen-year-olds can do ‘rigorous’ academic work in ‘basic’ subjects.”