Co-Education Of Future Teachers And Psychologists Of Inclusive Education

Abstract

The author has elaborated and presented a new integrative approach to HEI training in “Pedagogical Education” (2015) and “Special (Defectological) Education” (2015). The aim of coeducation of students from different programs is to provide efficient interaction of future specialists in the process of psychological and pedagogical support for junior school-children with development delay (DD) who study in inclusive education. The general education teacher became more aware of real problems of DD children which proves the efficiency of co-teachingstudents to technology of monitoring individual development of junior school-children with DD. In conditions of inclusive education the future teacher acquires productive cooperation with the psychologist who has special training in the sphere of correctional psychology because the aims and content of work of both specialists cross in practice. Monitoring of individual development of DD children is the central part of individualization in the process of inclusive education of school-children and its efficiency is provided with professional interaction of primary education teachers and special psychologists. The author’s approach to teaching monitoring of individual development of junior school-children with DD to future primary general education teachers and special psychologists is described by the example of joint practice of students from different programs which allowed to define the content and ways of professional interaction in the sphere of psychological and pedagogical support for junior school-children with DD.