OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION DURING THE PANDEMIC
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https://doi.org/10.24234/se.v5i1.290Keywords:
students with disabilities, inclusive education, pandemic, COVID19, online education, distance learningAbstract
Equalizing opportunities for everyone to make progress in learning continues to be a challenge worldwide. Pandemic conditions exacerbated attention to the difficulties in organizing an inclusive space, actualized with the forced transition to distance and online learning.
The article shows the main difficulties and possibilities of introducing distance education technologies in the education system of students with disabilities in terms of creating conditions for improving the quality of education and further socialization.
The article is based on theoretical review and analyses of the situation based on the standards and regulations existing at the moment since the pandemic has spread worldwide.
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