In der vorliegenden Dissertation wird untersucht, wie die Beschulungsart mit den schulischen Kompetenzen und der schulischen Motivation von Schülerinnen und Schülern mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf (SPF) in der vierten Jahrgangsstufe zusammenhängt. In der ersten Teilstudie wurde geprüft, ob die Kompetenztests im IQB-Ländervergleich 2011 geeignet sind, die schulischen Kompetenzen von Kindern mit SPF in Förderschulen und allgemeinen Schulen reliabel und valide zu erfassen. Die Messeigenschaften der Kompetenztests waren zwischen den Schülergruppen mit SPF in Förderschulen und allgemeinen Schulen vergleichbar. Jedoch zeigten sich Einschränkungen in der Testgüte für die Kompetenztests im Fach Mathematik für Kinder mit SPF in Förderschulen. In der zweiten Teilstudie wurden die schulischen Kompetenzen in den Fächern Deutsch und Mathematik zwischen Kindern mit SPF in Förderschulen und allgemeinen Schulen miteinander verglichen. Kinder mit SPF in allgemeinen Schulen erzielten in beiden Fächern höhere schulische Kompetenzen als Kinder mit SPF in Förderschulen mit vergleichbaren Lernvoraussetzungen und Hintergrundmerkmalen. Insbesondere Kinder mit dem Förderschwerpunkt Lernen profitierten von einer Beschulung in allgemeinen Schulen. In der dritten Teilstudie zeigte sich, dass die fähigkeitsbezogene Klassenkomposition unter Berücksichtigung individueller Hintergrundmerkmale und Schulart positiv mit den schulischen Kompetenzen von Kindern mit SPF zusammenhing. In der vierten Teilstudie wurden Zusammenhänge zwischen der Beschulungsart und Merkmalen der schulischen Motivation untersucht. Kinder mit SPF in Förderschulen wiesen ein höheres akademisches Selbstkonzept in den Fächern Deutsch und Mathematik sowie fächerübergreifend eine höhere Lernfreude auf als Kinder mit SPF in allgemeinen Schulen. Diese motivationalen Unterschiede konnten auf die geringere Leistungsstärke in Förderschulen im Vergleich zu allgemeinen Schulen zurückgeführt werden. / The present dissertation examines the relation between the educational placement of students with special educational needs (SEN) in special education schools or regular schools and their school achievement and achievement motivation at the end of fourth grade. In the first study, we investigated if the achievement tests in German and mathematics assess SEN students’ proficiencies reliably and validly. Overall, the interpretation of the test scores was comparable between students with SEN in special education schools and regular schools. Comparability of the achievement tests in mathematics, however, was constrained for SEN students in special education schools compared to students without SEN. In the second study, we compared SEN students’ school achievement in German and mathematics between special education schools and regular schools. SEN students in regular schools had significantly higher test scores across both domains than comparable SEN students in special education schools. In particular, students with special needs in learning benefitted from an education in regular schools. In the third study, we found a significant positive relationship between the average cognitive abilities at the class level and SEN students’ individual school achievement in German and mathematics after accounting for students’ achievement-related characteristics and educational placement in special education schools or regular schools. The fourth study focused on the relation between SEN students’ educational placement and their achievement motivation. SEN students in special education schools reported higher academic self-concepts in German and mathematics as well as more enjoyment of learning than SEN students in regular schools. Placement differences could be explained by the lower class-average achievement in special education schools compared to regular schools.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:33:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Clementina Terezinha de Jesus Monfardini.pdf: 473375 bytes, checksum: edf40dae3e17e45d8d6b100d774675a3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003-10-29 / This Masters Thesis is inscribed under the research approach named: University and preparation of teachers for Elementary and Middle school levels. Analyzing two state elementary schools 1st to 4th grades) in the state of So Paulo, this project discusses the challenges and dilemmas set before the preparation of educators, considering the complexity of the educational context, where various assessment strategies often result in the production of failure, as seen in signs of exclusion and discrimination, both in special education, and in regular education. While focusing on strategies and mechanisms schools use to move children from regular education to special education, and vice-versa, we are able to perceive how discrimination grows, leading to failure in school. This issue underlines the need to promote teacher training in a mode that avoids classification, selection and discrimination processes of children who are mostly from underprivileged classes. In the case of the schools we studied, such crystallized processes are evident in the sending of students to the SAPEs (Specialized pedagogical support services), a governmental program. Throughout the ten months we followed the assessment procedures, we were able to show that decisions about sending special classes and resource classes are defined beforrehand, by the school team or health care specialists. This investigation indicates that teacher preparation is one of the major pathways for meaningful change of this landscape that along with changes in working conditions, teacher salaries and higher value for teaching as a career choice. / A presente disserta??o insere-se na linha de pesquisa "Universidade e Forma??o de Professores para o Ensino Fundamental e M?dio". Objetiva analisar, por meio do estudo de duas unidades escolares de 1a a 4a s?ries da rede estadual de ensino do Estado de S?o Paulo, os desafios e dilemas postos para a forma??o dos educadores, em fun??o da complexidade dos contextos escolares. O foco recai principalmente sobre as formas de avalia??o que, muitas vezes, resultam na produ??o do fracasso escolar, expresso em suas marcas excludentes e discriminadoras, tanto para a Educa??o Especial como para o Ensino Regular. Ao atentarmos para as estrat?gias e mecanismos utilizados pela escola, quando se colocam "crian?as em tr?nsito" do Ensino Regular para a Educa??o Especial e vice-versa, percebemos a reprodu??o de formas de discrimina??o, j? mencionada, configurando a produ??o do fracasso escolar. Esta problem?tica aponta para a necessidade de se promover uma forma??o docente que rompa com os processos de classifica??o, sele??o e discrimina??o de crian?as, em sua maioria, origin?rias das camadas populares. No caso dessas escolas, esses processos perpassam, inclusive, pelos procedimentos estratificados de encaminhamento dos alunos para os Servi?os de Apoio Pedag?gico Especializado (classes especiais e salas de recursos) SAPEs criados pelo poder p?blico. No decorrer de dez meses de acompanhamento dos mecanismos de avalia??o, evidenciou-se que as decis?es sobre o encaminhamento dos educandos para a classe especial e sala de recursos s?o definidas a priori pela pr?pria equipe escolar ou pelos especialistas da ?rea de sa?de. Esta investiga??o vislumbra a forma??o de professores como uma das vias mais importantes para altera??es significativas desse quadro, aliada ?s mudan?as na condi??o de trabalho e de sal?rio do educador e na valoriza??o da carreira do magist?rio.

The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate the role of special education teacher at elementary school in the present condition. It's concerned especially with the position at school, with the activities and methods of the work and with the professional relationships. The theoretical part focuses on the development of the special education and mainly on the contemporaray special arrangements. This master thesis describes the groups of pupils who need the arrangement from the school and other school institutions. The text shows the charakteristics of individual eduactional plans and of school consultancy services, including the special education teacher and the particular aspects of this profession, based on scientific literature. The empirical part is based on the mixed research. It schows the examples of the practice, the issue is the analysis of five interviews with special education teachers from the basic schools. These interviews illustrative the current role and activities of this profession. Subsequently I analyse data of the questionnaire of forty respondents, directors of basic schools, who described their experience with special school teachers. The master thesis tries to show the objective point of view of the special education teacher at basic schools. The present text can be...

The purpose of this diploma thesis is to investigate the advisory role of an elementary school special education teacher. The theoretical part of the thesis focuses on the activities and methods of the teacher's work, his position at school and his cooperation with other entities in supporting pupils with special education needs. The special activities are described in favour of pupils, groups of pupils and teachers. The purpose of this thesis is also to describe the development of the special education discipline, documentation and ethical aspects of this profession. The practical part is focused in the form of qualitative research on the Prague elementary school teacher's view of the special education teacher. The core of the research consists of analysis of five interviews with teachers at Prague school. Subsequently, the importance of the individual work in the form of intervention and therapeutic to be evaluated on basis of five case reports.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:32:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 solange.pdf: 2775683 bytes, checksum: 46071894d9093e9a49db563b8828e03d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-12-13 / The present study is related to the current issues concerning the process of inclusion of students who have special educational needs in regular education. It aims at understanding how such students have been included in state public schools in Ensino Fundamental Ciclo I, Ciclo II and Ensino Médio , and how regular schools and their professionals have responded to the students needs. The research is focused on public schools, their differences in hierarchy and respective management, as well as on teachers continuing education process regarding inclusion. In order to reach those goals and understand the present situation, it is necessary to look back in the past through book and document references, searching for historical data that have followed the process regarding public policies. Besides, the field research helps make a triangulation to support that complex subject. The collected results view some kind of educational scene that points out significant advances and possibilities in inclusion. They also show good willing educational professionals who have effectively committed to the inclusion of students who have special educational needs. On the other hand, there are still some issues that must be considered regarding the uniqueness of different educational realities / O presente estudo se relaciona às questões postas na atualidade em relação ao processo de inclusão de alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais na rede regular de ensino. Tem como objetivo compreender como esse processo vem de fato acontecendo na Rede Estadual de Ensino no Ensino Fundamental Ciclo I, Ciclo II e Ensino Médio, e como a escola regular e seus profissionais têm encontrado alternativas para atender à demanda desses alunos. O foco da pesquisa é a instituição escolar pública, observando suas diferentes instâncias hierárquicas e respectivas gestões, como também os processos de formação continuada de professores no que tange a essas questões. Para tanto, faz-se necessário uma incursão no passado através da pesquisa bibliográfica para compreender o presente, utilizam-se recursos na modalidade da pesquisa documental, buscando historicamente os dados que acompanham esse processo em relação às políticas públicas da atualidade e caminha-se também na modalidade da pesquisa de campo de modo a buscar uma triangulação que possa sustentar a complexidade dessa temática. Os resultados obtidos representam uma determinada realidade educacional que imprime marcas significativas nos avanços e possibilidades desse processo, e retrata igualmente a predisposição de profissionais da educação que efetivamente se comprometeram com o processo de inclusão de alunos com necessidades educacionais especiais. Ao mesmo tempo, ressignifica tal processo, inferindo imperativos que deverão ser repensados e construídos a partir da singularidade das diferentes realidades educacionais

The diploma thesis focuses on the role of teacher assistant in the nursery class. Its aim is to capture the activities that the assistant teacher performs in this class through qualitative research. The main aim of the research was to describe the activities of the teacher assistant that support pupils directly in the logopedic class of the kindergarten. The research was carried out at the nursery class of the kindergarten. The case studies of five pupils were processed on the basis of documentary analysis and observation and teacher assistant activities were categorized. It has been found that pupils has disruptive communication skills that has been shown since the beginning of development and, besides communication skills, involves in other areas of development. Teacher assistant pays attention to all pupils in the class. Activities that encourage them to engage in education and all kindergarten activities do not differ in content. His work focuses mainly on ensuring understanding, orientation and involvement of pupils in every situation. KEYWORDS Teacher Assistant, Pupil with Special Educational Needs, Speech and Language Disorders, Nursery School, Class for children with speech and language disorders, Special Education

The Diploma Thesis represents teachers' approach to the inclusion, and the inclusive education in a common primary school. The theoretical part provides information about the basic legislation in the field of inclusion, and explains terms such as integration, inclusion, inclusive education. It focuses on the supportive arrangements for pupils with special educational needs, and analyses specifics of inclusive settings in the concrete school. The practical part describes the research. The aim of the research was to point out the teachers' attitude towards the inclusion and to evaluate their experience with the inclusive settings at the concrete school. The research reveals positive as well as negative opinions. It also summarises difficulties regarding the inclusive education. The research points out that there is slightly more of a negative attitude among the teachers towards the inclusion, however more than half of the teachers feel the importance of inclusion regarding pupils with specific educational needs. For further development of inclusion, the teachers would appreciate a reduction of students in their working groups, as well as an increase number of teacher assistants. Furthermore, the teachers expressed a wish for a better supportive methodical help while working with students within this...

For a long time, inclusion or inclusive education (IE) has been high on the agenda both internationally and in Sweden, not least since the signing of the Salamanca Declaration in 1994 and the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006. These call for inclusion to be the norm and are guided by the principle that all pupils, regardless of needs, feel that their social, emotional and academic needs are being met. Since the introduction of Lgr11 (2011), the most recent Swedish curriculum, special educational needs (SEN) should be seen as arising out of educational environments and methods that are not adapted enough to be accessible to a wide diversity of pupils. Despite a significant body of research into inclusive education, several researchers raised that few studies focused on the pupil perspective, few were collaborative and few focused on all pupils, that is to say, their focus lies only on pupils with SEN. Arguably, selecting certain groups to investigate goes against the ethos of inclusion and risks missing information from pupils experiencing difficulties that are not yet identified.  When considering factors impacting feelings of inclusion, many studies have raised the importance of socio-emotional functioning alongside academic self-concept. This collaborative study looks at how included pupils in a free school in Stockholm feel, with a focus on whether there is a difference between the pupils’ perception of inclusion depending on whether they have self-reported SEN or not, what grade they are in and their gender. This is measured using a new instrument, the ‘Perception of Inclusion Questionnaire (PIQ) - student version’, which is also being validated as a tool for measuring inclusion in Sweden. Results indicate clearly that pupils with SEN feel significantly less included than their typically-developing peers across all three scales, emotional inclusion, social inclusion and academic self-concept. In addition, grade has an impact, with pupils in Grade 8 having lower feelings of emotional inclusion, social inclusion and academic self-concept than in Grade 5. This difference was apparent for all pupils but the effect was greater in pupils with SEN. Gender returned insignificant results on all three scales. Another interesting result is that more pupils self-report actual or suspected SEN than the school reports, indicating that there are a number of pupils with difficulties who would be overlooked in studies that do not include all pupils. The Swedish version of the PIQ for Students has been validated.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how high school students felt that the computer helped or hindered participation and self-esteem in the learning situation and if the students experienced any differences between when they had been relatively alone in using a computer compared to when everyone had their own computer. The starting point was the national one-to-one projects made to give every student access to a personal computer and how it affected students in special educational needs and previous research. The theoretical approach was based on socioculture/activity theory and theories of self-esteem. Ten high school students in grade one at a senior high school that previously had started up a one-to-one project was interviewed. The results showed that the students primarily used the computer to write and to search the Internet, but even as a alternative or compensatory tool. Students felt that the computer contributed to increased motivation and self-esteem and better results both in secondary and senior high school. Several students stressed the teacher's importance for if and how the computer was used as a learning tool. The main difference between the computer utilization was seen between the high school programs. Students in the individual program felt the education more individualized and customized compared to secondary school, while students in the vocational program used the computer less as a special education tool than in secondary school. Therefore, any conclusion re-garding one-to-one and its impact could not be drawn. / Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur gymnasieelever upplevde att datorn bidrog till eller hindrade delaktighet och självkänsla i lärsituationen samt om eleverna upplevde någon skillnad mellan då de var relativt ensamma om att ha en egen dator jämfört med då alla elever hade en egen dator. Utgångspunkten var de nationella en-till-en-satsningar som gjorts för att ge varje elev tillgång till en egen dator och på vilket sätt det påverkade elever i behov av särskilt stöd samt tidigare forskning. Den teoretiska ansatsen grundade sig i sociokulturell teori/verksamhetsteori och teorier om självbild. Tio gymnasieelever i årskurs 1 på en gymnasieskola som precis startat upp en en-till-en-satsning intervjuades. Resultatet visade att eleverna i första hand använde datorn till att skriva och till informationssökning i skolan, men även som alternativt eller kompenserande lärverktyg. Eleverna upplevde att datorn bidrog till ökad motivation och självkänsla samt bättre resultat i skolarbetet både i grundskolan och på gymnasiet. Flera elever framhöll lärarens betydelse för om och hur datorn nyttjades som lärverktyg. Den största skillnaden mellan hur datorn nyttjades kunde man se mellan gymnasieprogrammen. Eleverna på det individuella programmet upplevde att de fick mer individualiserad och datoranpassad undervisning jämfört med i grundskolan, medan eleverna på det yrkesförberedande programmet använde datorn som specialpedagogisk verktyg mer sällan jämfört med i grundskolan. Någon slutsats angående en-till-en och dess påverkan kunde därför inte dras.

Στην προσχολική παιδαγωγική, το σώμα του παιδιού αποτελεί το μέσο για την ολοκλήρωση της ολόπλευρης και ισόρροπης ανάπτυξής του. Το παιδί ολοκληρώνει τη συνολική ανάπτυξή του, καθώς εξελίσσεται το σώμα του· εξέλιξη που επηρεάζει και τη μαθησιακή και κοινωνικο- συναισθηματική ζωή του και, εν συνεχεία, κατά πολύ την ακαδημαϊκή του πορεία (Ευαγγελινού & Παππά, 2002). Σε κάθε κινητική δραστηριότητα, άλλωστε, συμμετέχει πάντα ολόκληρο το άτομο με αποτέλεσμα οι κινήσεις του να έχουν συναισθηματικές, νοητικές και κοινωνικές προεκτάσεις (Zimmer, 2007). Η διδασκαλία της ψυχοκινητικής αγωγής (ΨΑ) στηρίζει τις βάσεις της στα γενικά αναλυτικά προγράμματα του Νηπιαγωγείου, δίνοντας έμφαση στην ολόπλευρη ανάπτυξη των νηπίων, μέσα από τις ιδιαίτερες εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες τους. Από τα αποτελέσματα της μέχρι σήμερα ερευνητικής δραστηριότητας, η ψυχοκινητική αγωγή έχει ευεργετική επίδραση στις κινητικές δεξιότητες των μαθητών και υποστηρίζει σημαντικά εκείνους που παρουσιάζουν φτωχή κινητική απόδοση ή αναπτυξιακές διαταραχές (Cooley, Oakman, McNaughton & Ryska, 1997; Hamilton, Goodway & Haubensticker, 1999; Karabourniotis, Evaggelinou, Tzetzis & Kourtessis, 2002; Rintala, Pienimäki, Ahonen, Cantell & Kooistra, 1998; Σπανάκη, 2008; Σπανάκη, Σκορδίλης & Βενετσάνου, 2010; Zimmer, Christoforidis, Xanthi, Aggeloussis & Kambas, 2008; Venetsanou, Kambas, Sagioti, Giannakidou, 2009). Παράλληλα, στο χώρο του Νηπιαγωγείου, μεγάλη αξία έχουν οι δραστηριότητες που εμπεριέχουν τεχνικές θεατρικών δράσεων, καθώς υποστηρίζουν την ομαλή ένταξη του νηπίου στην ομάδα του Νηπιαγωγείου και την κοινωνικοποίησή του και αναπτύσσουν τις δεξιότητές του, που εξελίσσονται σε αυτήν την ηλικία (Μπουρνέλη, 2002). Σημαντικός, όμως, είναι ο ρόλος τους όσον αφορά την αντιμετώπιση μαθητών με κοινωνικο- συναισθηματικές και μαθησιακές δυσκολίες (Κουρετζής, 2008), με δυσκολίες προσαρμογής ακόμα και άτομα με ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες (Κουρκούτας, 2007; Λενακάκης, 2001). Η παρούσα διδακτορική διατριβή εξέτασε την επίδραση ενός παρεμβατικού προγράμματος ΨΑ με στοιχεία θεατρικού παιχνιδιού στην κινητική, γνωστική και συναισθηματική ανάπτυξη μαθητών/τριών προσχολικής ηλικίας με ή χωρίς ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες. Η επίδραση του παραπάνω προγράμματος εξετάστηκε σε μαθητές γενικού σχολείου, σε μαθητές με κώφωση/ βαρηκοΐα, αλλά και σε μαθητές που φοιτούσαν σε τμήματα ένταξης ‘γενικού’ Νηπιαγωγείου. Το δείγμα της έρευνας αποτέλεσαν 63 μαθητές/ τριες που φοιτούσαν σε Νηπιαγωγεία, Αθήνας και Ηρακλείου Κρήτης. Συγκεκριμένα: α) Ν = 13 από 2 Νηπιαγωγεία με μαθητές με κώφωση β) Ν = 41 από 2 Νηπιαγωγεία με μαθητές ‘γενικού’ πληθυσμού και γ) Ν = 9 από 2 Νηπιαγωγεία με μαθητές που φοιτούσαν σε τμήματα ένταξης. Με τυχαία δειγματοληψία, το ένα τμήμα Νηπιαγωγείου από κάθε ομάδα πληθυσμού αποτέλεσε την πειραματική ομάδα και το άλλο τμήμα την ομάδα ελέγχου, αντίστοιχα (Thomas & Nelson, 2003). Η αρχική αξιολόγηση συμπεριλάμβανε δοκιμασίες που αξιολογούσαν την κινητική, γνωστική και συναισθηματική ανάπτυξη όλων των συμμετεχόντων, με τη χρήση των ‘Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency’ (Bruininks, 1978), ‘ΑΘΗΝΑ τεστ’ (Παρασκευόπουλος & Παρασκευοπούλου, 2011), και το ‘Ερωτηματολόγιο Δια- προσωπικής και Ενδο- προσωπικής Προσαρμογής’ (ΕΔΕΠ) (Παρασκευόπουλος & Γιαννίτσας, 1999), για κάθε μία από τις παραπάνω αξιολογήσεις, αντίστοιχα. Στη συνέχεια, σχεδιάστηκε το παρεμβατικό πρόγραμμα ΨΑ με στοιχεία θεατρικού παιχνιδιού, σε συνεργασία με τους εκπαιδευτικούς των επιλεγμένων τμημάτων, για τις πειραματικές ομάδες. Το πρόγραμμα ΨΑ βασιζόταν στις εξατομικευμένες ανάγκες και δυνατότητες του κάθε μαθητή ξεχωριστά και εμπεριείχε δραστηριότητες προσαρμοσμένες στις αρχές ΨΑ της Zimmer (2007) σε συνδυασμό με στοιχεία θεατρικού παιχνιδιού και πραγματοποιήθηκε η υλοποίησή του στις πειραματικές ομάδες. Οι ομάδες ελέγχου ακολούθησαν το ημερήσιο πρόγραμμα του κάθε Νηπ/είου. Η πειραματική παρέμβαση είχε χρονική διάρκεια δυόμιση μήνες (10 εβδομάδες) συνολικά, με συχνότητα δύο φορές την εβδομάδα. Στο τέλος της παρέμβασης ακολούθησε η επαναξιολόγηση των συμμετεχόντων των δύο ομάδων, ως προς την κινητική, γνωστική και ψυχοκοινωνική τους ανάπτυξη, με τα ίδια ερευνητικά εργαλεία που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν για την αρχική αξιολόγηση. To Στατιστικό Πρόγραμμα των Κοινωνικών Επιστημών (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS) (Norusis, 1993) χρησιμοποιήθηκε για τις ανάγκες της έρευνας. Συγκεκριμένα, τρεις ομάδες από παραγοντικές αναλύσεις διασποράς (2 x 2 ANOVAs) αξιολόγησαν την επίδραση του παρεμβατικού προγράμματος ΨΑ, στην κινητική, γνωστική και συναισθηματική ανάπτυξη μαθητών Νηπιαγωγείου. Στα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας υπήρξαν σημαντικές αλληλεπιδράσεις παρεμβατικού προγράμματος και χρονικού σημείου μέτρησης σχετικά με τις κινητικές ικανότητες των τριών ομάδων μαθητών/τριών (‘γενικό’, κωφών και φοιτούντων σε τμήματα ένταξης). Επίσης, υπήρχαν σημαντικές αλληλεπιδράσεις αναφορικά με τις γνωστικές δεξιότητες. Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν, επίσης, σημαντική αλληλεπίδραση στις ψυχοκοινωνικές δεξιότητες των συμμετεχόντων στην ομάδα του ‘γενικού’ πληθυσμού, ενώ δεν υπήρχε αντίστοιχη σημαντική αλληλεπίδραση για την ομάδα των κωφών και των μαθητών/τριών σε τμήματα ένταξης. Τα αποτελέσματα της παρούσας έρευνας παρουσιάζουν τη σημαντικότητα ψυχοκινητικών προγραμμάτων μέσα στην εκπαιδευτική διαδικασία, προκειμένου να υποστηριχτεί ο μαθητής αναφορικά με την κινητική αλλά και τη γνωστική και την ψυχοκοινωνική του ανάπτυξη. Σύγχρονοι παιδαγωγοί οφείλουν να ενημερώνονται και να αξιοποιούν προγράμματα σαν το παρόν παρεμβατικό προκειμένου να στοχεύουν στην περαιτέρω βελτίωση των δυνατοτήτων των μαθητών/τριών τους. Το κατάλληλο πρόγραμμα παρέμβασης στηριζόμενο στην ψυχοκινητική εκπαίδευση μπορεί να επηρεάσει την ανάπτυξη και εξέλιξη του ατόμου συνολικά. Σημαντική, εξάλλου, είναι η πρώιμη ανίχνευση δυσκολιών και ο προσδιορισμός των ιδιαίτερων εκπαιδευτικών αναγκών του κάθε μαθητή, και, εν συνεχεία, ο σχεδιασμός παρεμβατικών προγραμμάτων κατάλληλων για την αντιμετώπιση των προαναφερόμενων και την κατάλληλη υποστήριξη. / In preschool pedagogy, child's body is the instrument for the integration of comprehensive and balanced development. Children complete their overall development, as their body evolves; this development affects their learning and socio-emotional life and, subsequently, to a large extent, their academic course. However, in several motor activities, the whole person is always involved and the movements have an emotional, cognitive and social implication. The teaching of psychomotor bases its foundation on the general curricula of kindergarten, emphasing in all-round growth of infants, through their specific educational needs. From the results of research activity up to now, psychomotor therapy has a beneficial effect on motor skills of students and supports significantly those who have poor motor performance or developmental disorders (Cooley, Oakman, McNaughton & Ryska, 1997; Hamilton, Goodway & Haubensticker, 1999; Karabourniotis, Evaggelinou, Tzetzis & Kourtessis, 2002; Rintala, Pienimäki, Ahonen, Cantell & Kooistra, 1998; Σπανάκη, 2008; Spanaki, Skordilis & Venetsanou, 2010; Zimmer, Christoforidis, Xanthi, Aggeloussis & Kambas, 2008; Venetsanou, Kambas, Sagioti, Giannakidou, 2009). Simultaneously, in the space of kindergarten, the activities with some technical theatrical actions have high value , as they support the smooth integration of infants in the nursery team and their socialization as well as develop their skills, which evolve in this age. However, their role as far as dealing with students facing socio- emotional or learning difficulties difficulties in adapting, even people with special educational needs can be considered really important. This thesis examined the effect of the intervention psychomotor program with elements of theatrical play in motor, cognitive and emotional development of preschoolers with and without special educational needs. The effect of this program was examined in public school students, students with deafness / hearing loss, but also in students attending integration classes in 'general' kindergarten. The sample consisted of two parts, from: a) 2 kindergartens with deaf students (N = 13), b) two kindergartens with pupils 'general' population (N = 41) and c) two kindergartens with students attending rehabilitation classes (N = 9). Through random sampling, the one part of each population group formed the experimental group and the other part the control group, respectively (random selection) (Thomas, & Nelson, 2003). The initial assessment included tests evaluating motor, cognitive and emotional development of all participants, using the ‘Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency’ (Bruininks, 1978), ‘Athena test’ (Paraskevopoulos & Paraskevopoulou, 2011), and ‘Questionnaire inter-personal and intra-personal adjustment’ (ALCO) (Paraskevopoulos & Giannitsas, 1999), each of the above evaluations, respectively. The design of the intervention program Psychomotor Education with signs of dramatic play was done in collaboration with the teachers of the selected sections, attended the experimental groups proceeded to execution. The psychomotor program was based on the individual needs and abilities of each student and included activities well adapted to the principles of PsA, according to Zimmer (2007), in combination with elements of theatrical game and was held in the groups that were selected as experimental groups randomly (Thomas, & Nelson, 2003). The groups remained as control groups OE followed the normal daily schedule of every kindergarten. The experimental intervention period lasted two and a half months (10 weeks) in total, with a frequency of two times a week. At the end of the experimental intervention, the reassessment of participants regarding kinetic, cognitive and emotional development, for all groups (experimental and control) followed, with the same research tools used for the initial evaluation. To Statistical Program of Social Sciences (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, SPSS 13) was used for the purposes of research. Specifically, three 2x2 ANOVA analyses evaluated the effect of the intervention program on kinetics, cognitive and emotional development of kindergarten students. The survey results showed significant interactions existing between the experimental group and the time of assessment regarding the motor skills of all populations ('general', deaf and those attending inclusive classes). Moreover, there were significant interactions of the intervention program for the experimental group compared with the control group of all populations on cognitive skills. The results of the research also showed significant interaction to the psychosocial skills of participants in the group of 'general' population, while there was no significant interaction for the group of deaf and those attending inclusive classes, regarding psychosocial skills. The results of this study highlight the importance of psychomotor programs in the educational process in order to support students with respect to their motor, cognitive and psychosocial development. Modern educators should be informed and take advantage of programs like this intrusive one, in order to aim at further improvement of the capabilities of their students. The appropriate intervention program based on psychomotor education can affect the growth and development of the whole person. Besides, the early detection and identification of the difficulties as well as the special educational needs of each student, and, subsequently, the design of appropriate intervention programs to address the above with the appropriate support is a very important issue.