Modelling of Teaching for Pre-School Children with Mental Retardation

Olga Shapko

Cite: Shapko O. Modelling of Teaching for Pre-School Children with Mental Retardation. Journal of Digital Art & Humanities, 2021, 2(1), pp. 29-38. https://doi.org/10.33847/2712-8148.2.1_3

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Abstract. The article discusses using models in remedial work with preschool-age children with mental retardation in kindergarten. It presents lesson plans and illustrates the children’s reactions. It shows that models stimulate children with mental retardation to be more proactive in their own learning. The model algorithm’s familiar images don’t cause children difficulties. We recognise that comparison is one of the hardest operations for children with mental retardation, yet it helps us understand the world. Comparison helps us generalise and systematise knowledge. Generalisation relies on comparison. This model helps children with mental retardation find similarities between objects.

Keywords: mental retardation; pre-school age; model (schema).

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Published online 26.06.2021