Classification and Terminology on the Field of Special Needs
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Course code
KAE6063.HR
old course code
KAE6063
Course title in Estonian
Erivajaduste alane terminoloogia ja kategooriad
Course title in English
Classification and Terminology on the Field of Special Needs
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
Forming an attitude that values humanistic world view through the reflection on the development of cultural classifications of disabilities. Forming readiness to understand and reflect about the problems and diagnoses of people with special needs; appropriate formulation of the problems; humanist treatment in professional activity; conscious avoidance of negative possibilities for stigmatisations.
Brief description of the course
The subject treats the parallel development of historic-philosophical mindset and the bases of defining different disabilities according to the development of medical science and society. Contemporary definition of disabilities and deviations is provided and the need for social model in education is stressed casting aside the disability based model.

Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- the skill to interpret the characteristics of different paradigms in the historical framework;
- the skill to compare the paradigmatic differences of classifications;
- the ability to express one's individual opinions in a case analysis;
- the skill of working with different professional sources of information and analyse the pertinent information.
Teacher
Pille Priilinn- Türk, MA
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