Facilitating the Participation of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Development Centres in Malawi: Developing a Sustainable Staff Training Programme
Facilitating the Participation of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Development Centres in Malawi: Developing a Sustainable Staff Training Programme
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10.3390/su12052104
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发表时间：
2020-03-01
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3.9
通讯作者：
Gercama, Ingrid
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作者：
Soni, Anita;Lynch, Paul;Gercama, Ingrid
本文探讨了一个可持续的培训计划，支持在马拉维的幼儿，教育和护理（ECEC）中心的残疾儿童的包容性的发展。这一方案的基础是对撒哈拉以南非洲幼儿保育和教育方案的课程、教学法和教学方法文献的审查，以及对国家政策文件的审查。培训的目的是使工作人员能够重视幼儿保育和教育中心接纳残疾儿童的工作，并提出切实可行的办法。我们制定了补充性综合培训方案，在尊重马拉维的课程、政策和做法的同时，要求工作人员考虑如何将残疾儿童及其家庭纳入其中，以此应对幼儿保育和教育工作人员培训方面的差距。我们认为，这是一个务实和可持续的模式，可适用于整个撒哈拉以南非洲地区的其他ECEC设置的培训。报告最后提出了对低收入国家从事幼儿保育和教育工作的残疾幼儿进行培训的指导原则。
This article explores the development of a sustainable training programme supporting the inclusion of children with disabilities in early childhood, education and care (ECEC) centres in Malawi. This programme is based on a review of literature of curriculum, pedagogy and teaching approaches in ECEC in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside a review of national policy documents. The training was designed to enable staff to value the inclusion of children with disabilities in ECEC centres, as well as suggesting practical ways to do so. We set out our response to the gap in training of ECEC staff through the development of a supplementary integrated training programme, which, whilst respectful of the curriculum, policy and practice of Malawi, challenged staff to consider ways of including children with disabilities (CWD) and their families. We suggest this is a pragmatic and sustainable model that could be applied to training in other ECEC settings across the region in sub-Saharan Africa. It concludes with guiding principles for training those working in ECEC with young children with disabilities in low-income countries.