The main subjects of the curriculum content of special education specialty
Education, psychology, medicine.
main course
Introduction to special education, psychology and education of blind children, psychology and education of deaf children, psychology and education of mentally retarded children, physiology and pathology of disabled children, rehabilitation of disabled children, special education technology.
The development prospect of special education specialty is mainly to train special education teachers in secondary special normal schools and ordinary secondary normal schools, special education teachers in colleges and universities, special education researchers, managers, practitioners and social workers. Graduates are required to apply medicine, psychology, pedagogy and modern technology to study the identification, education and training of all kinds of physically and mentally handicapped children and supernormal children.
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, the social demand for special education graduates continues to rise. China is a populous country, and there are not a few children with physical disabilities. Based on 1998 population1200 million, there are about 62 million disabled people in Chinese mainland, about 0- 18-year-old disabled children12.89 million, and about 7.5 million compulsory school-age disabled children, including visually disabled children/. In China, there are only more than 60 undergraduate graduates and 40 junior college graduates every year, and there is a huge gap between supply and demand.