Some Notes on Higher Education Professional Training for Inclusive Education Teachers

Abstract

Abstract-The article deals with the problem of future educators' professional readiness to work with special needs children within the system of inclusive education. The authors explain why it is essential to give the relevant professional training to teachers at all educational levels and prepare them for the participation in inclusive education. They also provide an analysis of the results of the research study which was carried out to estimate the preparedness of teachers and students for inclusive education implementation. The article details the concept of professional readiness as preparedness of future teachers to participate in inclusive education and specifies the structure of professional readiness which includes a number of components. The authors of the article propose a model of professional training for the bachelor's degree students which is aimed at engaging them in inclusive education; the key components of this model are described in the article. The authors present the modular approach which aim is to develop students' professional readiness. The article describes the special aspects and conditions for the implementation of the presented model as well as the procedures of its implementation applied at Orel State University named after I. Turgenev.