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EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN EUROPE AND BALKAN
EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN EUROPE AND BALKAN

Author(s): Vedat Bajrami
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Inclusive Education / Inclusion
Published by: Edukacijsko-rehabilitacijski fakultet Univerziteta u Tuzli
Keywords: Children with special educational needs; children with disabilities; inclusive education; European Union;

Summary/Abstract: Inclusive education is a subject and a requirement of all European institutions in the EU and the Council of Europe, many families, experts, non-governmental organizations and individuals. This research represents a study of different concepts and implementation of inclusive education in Europe and Balkan. The paper is a result of a research of education systems, systems of support, legislation and evaluation of positive practice in the countries of the European Union and three countries in the Balkans: Montenegro, Macedonia and Kosovo. The research sample consists of 6 countries from Europe and three countries in the Balkans. The condition for the research countries to be included in the sample is based on the population number not being larger than 8 million. Because of the relevance of the comparative analysis, two older state members of the European Union were chosen (Austria, the Flemish and the French region of Belgium), two members of the European Union (Estonia and Slovenia), two Scandinavian countries (Finland and Norway) and three countries in the Balkans: Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro.

  • Issue Year: 1/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 66-73
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English