Departments of Defectology

By Roger Bauyer

Departments of Defectology are part of the Academy of Pedagog­ical 1) Sci__nces and established to train teachers and conduct 2) rese__rch on various problems concerned with the education of the 3) bl__nd, the mentally 4) ret__rded, the deaf and the 5) spe__ch defective, as well as on various features of 6) p_ysical characteristics of normal children. There are doctors, physiologists, educators and 7) met_odologists attached to the department.

Departments of Defectology have the 1) ________of establish­ing special schools for the Ministry of 2) _______ and for planning their curricula. They prepare special 3) _______ and texts for handi­capped and for their 4) _______. Each department of the deaf has the following 5) _______: theory of teaching the deaf; theory of teaching the partially 6) _______; phonetic and acoustic laboratory; psychology of the deaf and 7) _________teaching laboratory.

Children 1) (with, by) disabilities are generally discovered at an early age. During the 2) (childs’, child's) first year, a special course in methods of bringing up a handicapped child is given to the parents. Later special seminar meetings 3) (hold, are held) regularly at the special schools for parents. For children aged from one to 4) (third, three) there are special nurseries for the deaf; for those of ages three to seven 5) (there is, there are) special kindergartens. At about age seven the future course of the child's education 6) (decides, is decided) by a committee of doctors, neurophysiologists, pediatricians, teachers and speech pathologists. Depending on the child's speech and mental development, he is sent to one of the special elementary schools.

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From the Dijest

01.06.2001

Preparation and Supply of Defectologists

By Sara Beachy

In our country the dominant professional personnel in 1) ment_l re­tardation are defectologists, a general term including all educators of 2) handi__apped children. Defectologists (or special educators) are 3) tra_ned in departments of defectology at pedagogical universities. They 4) compl_te a five-year undergraduate training program specializ­ing in teaching the 5) reta_ded. The Institutes of Defectology cooperate with 6) lo_al school system and work closely with a few specifically 7) desi_nated internats.

In the 1) _______ year of training at the pedagogical university, the students take a heavy load in human 2) ________ and physiology, including special emphasis on the 3) _______ nervous system. In the second year they take introductory courses in 4) _______education and continue their general education. 5) _______the third year they begin their specialized course work for teaching the mentally 6) _______ and start to participate in student teaching. They have to do some observation in an 7) _______ (during the first and second years).

Dur­ing their fourth and 1) (fiveth, fifth) years, 2) (a, the) students continue to take both general and specialized course work as 3) (better, well) as continue their practicum. At this stage, they 4) (be abled, are able) to do student teaching more independently. Defectology students 5) (receive, receives) 50% higher stipends than college stu­dents generally. Upon graduation, defectologists get at least 25% higher 6) (salaries, salaryes) than regular teachers. They even get extra pay for correcting papers and for working at summer camps.

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From the Mordern Medicine

07.11.2005