I. Professional introduction

1, overview:

Special education major is two disciplines under the first-level discipline of pedagogy. It is a science that studies the teaching laws, principles and methods of special education and a branch of pedagogy. Special pedagogy generally aims at school-age special children and uses specially designed courses, textbooks, teaching methods or equipment to cultivate and educate people with special educational needs. Broadly speaking, special education includes not only the education of children or teenagers with physical or psychological defects, but also the education of gifted children such as children with extraordinary intelligence, children with bad moral character or teenagers. Today's world has formed a perfect special education system from preschool education to adult higher education, which embodies the development trend of lifelong education.

2. Research direction:

The research direction of special education major mainly includes:

0 1 psychology and education of special children

Clinical psychology of special children

Basic theories, policies and regulations of special education.

(Note: Major universities have different research directions, taking East China Normal University as an example)

3. Training objectives:

This major trains senior professionals with knowledge and skills of special education and general education, who can carry out theoretical research on special education and have innovative spirit and practical ability. It mainly trains professionals who can engage in special education practice, research, management, rehabilitation and service in special education rehabilitation research institutions, administrative institutions and educational institutions. Students in this major should have high ideological and political consciousness, noble moral quality, good physical and mental health, be able to master advanced modern special education concepts and teaching methods, systematically master the basic theories and skills of children with special education needs in psychology, education, rehabilitation and service, understand the development trend and new progress of special education at home and abroad, be able to carry out practical teaching, management, rehabilitation and service, and engage in empirical and theoretical scientific research related to special education; Proficient in a foreign language, with the ability to use modern information technology and other methods to retrieve professional literature.

4, one's deceased father grind subjects:

(1)101ideological and political theory

②20 1 English I

③3 1 1 Basic Synthesis of Pedagogy

(Note: The examination subjects of major universities are different, taking East China Normal University as an example)

5. Other majors under the same first-level discipline: educational principles, curriculum and teaching theory, educational history, comparative education, preschool education, higher education, adult education, vocational and technical education, and educational technology.

6. Curriculum: (Taking Huazhong Normal University as an example)

The compulsory courses of this subject mainly include: the first foreign language, the theory and practice of scientific socialism, selected readings of Marxist-Leninist classics, educational principles, basic theories of special education, research methods of special education, cognitive psychology of special children, introduction to integrated education, comparative special education, policy and management of special education, theoretical research on learning disabilities, comparative special education, diagnosis and intervention of learning difficulties, research on assistive technology of special education, comparative special education, special research on special education, and theory and practice of community rehabilitation.

Second, the employment prospects

In China, the discipline of special education is still a young discipline. With the continuous improvement of social civilization, more and more attention will be paid to "vulnerable groups" such as deaf-mute, blind children and mentally retarded children, just like "talent development", which indicates that special education professionals will face more and more social needs. They can go to special education centers and schools to serve special children, or they can go directly to the families of every special child for direct and effective intervention and guidance. They can also develop and establish the market of educational development products for special children and special people, and make the service form of special education more large-scale and standardized, which will be a very potential career development market.

At present, the special education major is still a relatively unpopular major, the enrollment scope is still relatively small, and the social understanding of it is not very clear, so there are not many applicants in recent years. Moreover, there are few schools offering special education majors in China, and the number of students enrolled is also small. In addition, the special talents needed by special education are generally irreplaceable, so the employment form is good on the whole. With the increase of social demand, its development prospect is better. ?

Third, the direction of employment

Graduates can engage in special education practice, theoretical research and management in special education welfare institutions, or engage in special education teaching in secondary specialized schools and normal colleges, or work in educational research institutions, rehabilitation centers for special children and editing and publishing industries (such as China Braille Publishing House). In addition, TV stations broadcast sign language news, which also provides new employment channels for special education students. Due to the vast development space of this major, the employment situation has been good in recent years.

Fourth, recommended institutions

The enrollment units with strong national enrollment strength for special education masters are:

Beijing Normal University, East China Normal University, Central China Normal University, Chongqing Normal University.