ISBN: 978-80-244-5951-6 | ISBN online: 978-80-244-5952-3 | DOI: 10.5507/pdf.21.24459516

Společné vzdělávání a role rodičů

Dagmar Sedláčková, Jiří Kantor, Pavlína Baslerová, Michal Růžička

This publication presents several research studies carried out in cooperation with academics and students from the Institute of Special Education Studies, Palacký University Olomouc as part of the project IGA_PdF_2020_028: Research on inclusion of individuals with special needs. This project builds on similar projects implemented between 2017 and 2019 which focused on the issue of inclusion in the context of schools and school counselling centres.
The aim of this publication is to examine the issue of education of pupils with special needs from the perspective of their parents. The first chapter presents a study in the form of a scoping review. By means of a systematic search in scientific databases and sources of grey and unpublished literature, the study offers an overview of available literature focused on the experience of parents of pupils with special needs in inclusive schools. The study was conducted in cooperation with researchers from the recently established Center of Evidence-Based Education and Arts Therapies: A JBI Affiliated Group.
The second chapter builds on the knowledge gap identified by the scoping review from the first chapter. On the basis of a qualitative study conducted according to Van Manen’s methodology for lived experience analysis, the experience of three families of children with cerebral palsy is presented. An in-depth analysis allows us to understand the experience of these families in the context of the Czech educational environment. However, the results of this study are also inspiring from an international perspective as there is an absence of similar studies aimed at this population of pupils in an international setting.
The third chapter presents a cross-sectional study based on a questionnaire survey conducted in response to the pandemic situation from the beginning of March 2020. The aim of the study was to identify the perception of the current (pandemic) situation by the employees of schools established pursuant to Section 16, Sub-Section 9 in the Olomouc Region with respect to the requirements of the education process and impact on pupils’ families. The chapter was created in cooperation with the Department of Education and Youth of the Regional Education Department of the Regional Authority of the Olomouc Region.
All of the chapters emphasise the significant position of the family in the education of pupils with special needs. Especially in an inclusive learning environment, which does not offer so many opportunities for interaction between teachers and parents, teachers may not be aware of substantial experience that families have and that significantly affect the interpretation of future events. The text of the first two chapters showed that in some cases this experience is very intimate or even hurting for the parents. The knowledge of the life stories of the pupils and their families may help us better understand them and adapt educational and counselling interventions.

1. edition, Published: 2021, online: 2021, publisher: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Křížkovského 8, 771 47 Olomouc