Magistra Iadertina, Vol. 5 No. 1, 2010.
Professional paper
INDIVIDUALIZED CURRICULUM AS AN ASSUMPTION OF SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Marina Diković
; Sveučilište Jurja Dobrile u Puli
Abstract
The curriculum connotes defining goals and tasks of learning with regard to content, teaching methods and forms applicable to the teaching situation and evaluation of student achievement and its capabilities. The national curriculum is a document issued at the state level of a certain state educational policy. There is a school curriculum and curriculum of instruction. Contemporary curriculum is focused on student and her/him abilities. The concept and content of the individualized curriculum appears as an answer to the question of competence development of students with special needs (gifted students and students with learning and/or developmental disabilities), and their successful integration.
The aim of this paper is to analyze the terminology and purpose of the individualized curriculum and its normative basis in the Croatian education policy. The purpose is to highlight the importance of individualized approaches to teaching and timely development of competencies of the students with special needs, and encourage the creators of educational policy to the value of education and training teachers to work with students with special needs for the purpose of the successful drafting and implementation of an individualized curriculum.
Keywords
individualized curriculum; competences; curriculum focused on students; students with special needs
Hrčak ID:
68333
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2010.
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