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DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL MATHEMATICAL LITERACY OF STUDENTS HAVING MODERATE SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS: APPROACH OF PEDAGOGUES FROM VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTRES

The article deals with the approach of pedagogues from vocational rehabilitation centres towards the importance of the development of functional mathematical literacy for vocational training of students having moderate special educational needs. It has been attempted to reveal the expression of the abilities of functional mathematical literacy of young people having moderate special educational needs, its importance for vocational training, to discuss the possibilities of the improvement of the education process of mathematics in a heterogeneous classroom, where students with moderate special educational needs learn. 124 pedagogues from Lithuanian vocational training centres and vocational schools who teach young people having moderate and severe special educational needs have participated in the research.

EXPECTATIONS OF WELLNESS ACTIVITIES IN THE NGO FOR DISABLED PERSONS

800x600 Normal 0 19 false false false LT X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The paper analyzes the function of disability NGOs and people with disabilities work in order to meet the expectations of health care . Place of residence , duration of their participation in the activities of NGOs and the status of NGO concerns. The study included 175 respondents . It was found that persons with disabilities would like to see health promotion activities, which focus on disease prevention , medical assistance and social aspects of education . At least there is a lack of aid consulting . Survey data revealed that the longer people with disabilities participate in NGO activities , the greater the need arises to expand the functions of NGO health education and social fields . Collaboration with medical institutions emerged as one of the significant operational issues that people are missing. Health and social education function of the NGO carried out the least . Respondents indicated that the priorities of prediction , the general debate , the adoption of one or other of the health activities related to activities in the future should be given more attention .