PREPARATION OF FUTURE TEACHERS FOR WORK IN AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Authors:   Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Bilous Olena , Shcherbyna Svitlana ,   Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University
Published: February 2025

The publication is devoted to highlighting the main aspects of training future teachers to work in the
conditions of an inclusive educational environment. In the training of teachers, it is emphasized that it is im-
portant to overcome a number of contradictions that significantly inhibit active changes in the domestic ed-
ucational environment
The purpose of the article is to define the relevant aspects of preparing future teachers for work in
an inclusive educational environment and to explore the characteristics of adaptive games in working with
students with special educational needs.
The study employed methods of analysis, analogy, concretisation, and systematisation.
Currently, society perceives the implementation of inclusion in the institutional system rather cau-
tiously, which is manifested in the non-acceptance of the model according to which children with special ed-
ucational needs (SEN) have the right to receive education (either in specially created inclusive classes or in
classes where ordinary students study), and provision of pedagogical patronage if necessary. The number of
children with SEN, as well as inclusive classes, has increased significantly, which calls for society’s tolerance
of children of this group, as well as a change in public opinion regarding their education and socialization.
Another feature is the requirement to use innovative methods in the education of students with spe-
cial needs, as well as taking into account the fact that future teachers at the level of competence should de-
velop knowledge about the patterns of physical and psycho-emotional development of a person, since the
classification of pupils with SEN into one or another nosological group puts forward appropriate require-
ments for modelling educational discourse taking into account speech activity, and the specifics of commu-
nicative activity.
The publication provides a general method of work of teachers with students with autism on the de-
velopment of communication skills (continuous communication; the requirement for the gradual complica-
tion of linguistic communication, since in communication the task of the teacher is not the active develop-
ment of communication skills and the development of a culture of pronunciation and speech, but the en-
couragement to communicate and develop speech activity in a way which is gradual and manageable for
the student).
The sensory maxim is taken into account, the actualization of which makes it possible to use stere-
otypical games as a basis for developing adapted games for students with SEN. Using the example of an
adapted game for students with SEN (preschool and primary education) demonstrated the peculiarities of
the application of traditional methods in the conditions of an inclusive educational environment in view of
pathological features in the physical (physiological and medical-biological indicators) and psycho-emotion-
al development of students.
In the preparation of future teachers for pedagogical activities with students with SEN, the specifics
of the sensory system should be taken into account, which manifests itself in the sharpening of attention to
this or that synesthetic component. The game activity of students with SEN enables the gradual develop-
ment of communication skills, and also promotes psycho-emotional balance.
In conclusion, implementation of the methods based on medical and physiological indicators while
working with students with SEN will make it possible to modify the currently established defect-oriented
approach in an inclusive educational environment to a person-oriented one. Taking into account the medi-
cal and biological indicators and the psycho-emotional state of students with special educational needs, the
implementation of adaptive active games in physical education will contribute to achieving psycho-emo-
tional balance and overall physical development of the body.