ARTICLE
“Psychological and
pedagogical conditions for the upbringing of moral relationships of
primary schoolchildren in inclusive
education”
Aliakbar
Dulyga
Shnaliyeva
Saida
Shokhanova
Tokzhan
Supervisor: PhD, Tileubaeva
M.S.
Abstract. The article
examines pedagogical and psychological
conditions of educating moral relationships of younger
schoolchildren in inclusive
education.
Key
words: inclusive education,
upbringing, psychology, moral relationships, primary
school.
Introduction
Inclusive education is
actively gaining momentum in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Traditionally, a widespread form of education for children with
disabilities is special education. At the same time, in practice,
the process of including children with disabilities in educational
organizations is being activated, various models and forms of
interaction between special and mass education are being tested. It
is important to note that the values of inclusive education are
being actualized in the Kazakhstani education system, which is
aimed not only at traditional educational achievements, but also at
ensuring a full-fledged social life, the most active participation
in the team of all its members, including children with
disabilities.
Note that, the question of the
relations of younger students in inclusive education has been
considered by only in the context of creating a special
psycho-pedagogical conditions for children with disabilities,
without regard to the nature and psychological mechanisms of
perception of healthy children of peers with
disabilities.
In the context of our article,
the main thing in various interpretations of the concept
of inclusive
education is the organization of
interaction between ordinary children and children with
disabilities in the space of a general education institution, the
formation of an inclusive culture, the most important component of
which, in our opinion, is the moral relationship of the subjects of
inclusive education.
The most common form of
inclusion is a combined, in which children with
disabilities are in the class of ordinary children, but, in
addition, attend special correctional and developmental classes. An
important area of work in this form of inclusion is the creation
of a friendly atmosphere in student
collectives.
Partial (fragmentary)
inclusion is carried out in cases when
children with disabilities with disorders of the musculoskeletal
system, metabolic diseases, etc. attend some classes in a mass
school, the rest of the time they are
homeschooled.
In this regard, the urgent
task of class teachers, social teachers, school psychologists is to
work to maintain an inclusive approach to children who study at
home. Students with disabilities who are homeschooled should be
actively involved in school-wide activities, invited to holidays,
and organized meetings of the child with classmates at his home.
Parents need to be convinced of the need to bring, bring the child
to at least some lessons (music, fine arts, technology, and rhythm)
and events (matinees, holidays, competitions, etc.). The partial
form of inclusion can be the beginning of the transition to full
inclusion, for this it is important to systematically maintain the
child's connection with the peer group.
Full
inclusion means the inclusion of a child
with disabilities in a regular classroom of a mainstream school for
the entire period of study.
Of course, the process of
including an atypical child in the environment of healthy peers
must be carried out in the form most suitable for a particular
child, which is determined by the medical-psychological-pedagogical
commission.
An important problem of
inclusive education, affecting the relationship of younger
schoolchildren with peers with disabilities, is the attitude of
teachers, parents and students of general education schools to this
form of education.
The moral potential of
inclusive education is defined by us as a combination of factors
that determine the successful upbringing of moral relationships
among younger students. We believe that the moral potential of
inclusive education implicitly includes the following conditions
that affect the upbringing of moral
relationships:
-
a
place, an educational institution
that allows organizing the interaction and communication of primary
schoolchildren with peers with disabilities in collective
educational and extra-curricular
activities;
- a long
time of interpersonal contacts,
communication of primary schoolchildren, ensuring mutual knowledge
and understanding of the subjects of inclusive
education;
- natural
situations, contributing to the
acquisition of vitagenic (life) experience of moral relationships
by younger schoolchildren.
Note that personality
characteristics, the nature of interaction and communication of
children, caused by various types of violations, can significantly
complicate the process of upbringing the moral relationships of
primary schoolchildren in inclusive education. Taking these
features into account will require the teacher to have specific
professional competencies in building the educational process in an
inclusive class.
It should be said that the
very fact of a specific social situation in which the subjects of
inclusive education find themselves does not guarantee the
manifestation of the moral potential of inclusive education in
fostering moral relationships. In other words, there is a whole
range of risks that can have a negative impact on the process of
moral education.
So, with a spontaneous form of
inclusion, pseudo-inclusion, a child with disabilities may find
himself in a situation of isolation. It is possible that many
healthy children will not be able to overcome the psychological
barrier associated with the unattractive appearance of a classmate
with disabilities, and will avoid communicating, playing, and
making friends.
The psychological and
professional unpreparedness of the teacher to work in an inclusive
classroom, the inability to build personality-oriented
relationships with students can adversely affect the process of
upbringing moral relationships among younger students in inclusive
education.
Consequently, the mere fact of
the presence of a child with disabilities in the classroom is not
sufficient for the manifestation of the potential of inclusive
education. The educational situation can develop both positively
and negatively. Therefore, in order to minimize possible risks, it
is necessary to create special pedagogical conditions and select
the most effective pedagogical tools that could ensure the
manifestation of the potential of inclusive education in the
upbringing of moral relationships among younger
students.
The emergence of mental
contacts of younger schoolchildren with peers with disabilities is
mediated by the action of psychological mechanisms: empathy,
sympathy, attraction. Let us give a brief description of these
concepts.
Empathy is the ability to
understand the feelings and emotions of another person, delve into
them and experience them as your own. Sympathy - a sense of
location, a benevolent attitude towards someone. At the heart of
sympathy is the phenomenon of attraction.
Attraction is the phenomenon
of attraction for an individual of any other individual. Attraction
in interpersonal relationships is characteristic of those cases
where someone can reward an individual or help satisfy his
needs.
In conclusion, the moral
potential of inclusive education can be considered as a set of
factors that determine the successful upbringing of moral
relationships among younger schoolchildren and include: place -
general educational institution , allowing to organize interaction
and communication of subjects of collective educational and
extracurricular activities, involving the manifestation of mutual
responsibility and support; for a long time, providing mutual
understanding and understanding of the subjects of inclusive
education, which allows the consistent development of interpersonal
relationships to the level of moral; natural situations
contributing to the acquisition by younger schoolchildren of the
experience of moral relationships in inclusive
education.