Analysisof educationof
pupilswith
mentaldisabilitiesfocusing
ontheapplicationof
alternativemethods
PhDr.KateÍina Jiskrovó
ISSUES OF MY COURSE
related to the MU Faculty of Educ*tion
Research
. Integrationofpeoplewith disabilitiesin
education,employmentandsociallife ofthe
majority
. Opportunitiesin educationofpeoplewith
Downsyndromewhichcanraiseaadsupport
theirdevelopment,integrationandautonomy
. Specialmethodsfor thedevelopmentof
commr:nicationandcognitivefunctionsof
peoplewith Down syndrome
Meandmvcqursedescription
l,Iasaryk tlnive13ity
- Facùlty ofEducation
Departm€ntof
- SpecialN€edsEducstion
FieldsofStùdy
- Doctoral DegreeProgram
- Supeì'visor:doc.PaedDr.Miroslava Bartoiovó, Ph.D.
My specialization
- Education ofpeople with m€ntal disabilities
Mi focus
- Work and friendship with peopl€with Down syrdrome
Summary of my thesis
Researchfocusedonthe experiencesofparents and
teachersofchildren with Down syndromeusing
altemativemethodsfor supportcommunicationand
cognitive functions
Fundame|rtalten6s
. Down syndrome
' Integration
' Educalion
. Parents
. Teachers
. Cognifive fwìctions
(tbjnking, perception,memory, attention, communication)
Summarlyof mythesis
l. Part:
Qrantitative part of res€archusing qlestionnair€s
. analysisof theexperiencesandviewsof parentsusing
altemativemethodsin educationoftheir childrenwith DS
. analysisofthe experiencesandopinionsofteachersusing
altemativemethodsin educationof pupilswith DS
Il, P:rt:
Qualitative part ofresearch in dir€ct work with children
wiih DS
. ResearchdescribinguseFeuerstein'smethodsfor education
of peoplewith DS
Aims
. Determinewhichaltemativemethodsaremost
usedfor supportthedevelopmentof children
with DS
. Describetheexperience,advantagesand
disadvantagesof usingeachmethods
. Focusontheviewsof parentsandteachers
. Describetheuseandimpactof Feuerstein's
methodfor developmentof communicationand
cognitivefunctionsof peoplewithDS
Alternative methods used by families of children with DS in
the Czech Republic:
Researchmetlods
Qù$tiúative rc6.5rch
' Analyscsofdocuments
. Questionúiles
. Teacbe$
. Evalustion atrdsummary ofr€search r€sults
Oùdilrtive rescrrch
' Researchd$cribs useand impact ofFeuerstein'smelhod
- observjngpeoplewith DS whenworkingwith thismelhod
- description of the influence of merhodìn
communication,thinking, memory, perception.attentìonandorienlalion in
tìme. spaceandemotions
- evaluationof theinfluenceofFeuerstein'smethodanddescriptionofthe
possibìlitiesof lse for peoplewith DS
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èources or InrormaÚon aoour atrernaÍve mernoos ror
families:
lnvolvement of alternative methods:
Current czechresources
. SELIKOWITZ,M.: Downùtsyndrom.Praha:PoÍ41,2005.197s.
ISBN80-7178-973-9.
. SUSTROVA, M.: Díagnó.a: Downor syndróm-Bratislava:
Spoloènost'Downovhosyndrómuv Slovenskejrepublike,2004.240
s.ISBN80-8046-259-3.
. gantoitova, l,l. Jouéasnétrendt I ed kaci dètía;àhù se
speciàlními v.dèlalacími potíebahi t Ceskérepublice. Bmol
MSD,2005.ISBN80-86633-37
' VALENTA, M., MÙLLEF.,O.: Psychopedie.Teoretickézókladya
meÍodika.Pîaha:Paúa,2004.
. www.downsyndom.cz