Qualityofeducationforpersonswithdisabilities.pdfVIP

2005/ED/EFA/MRT/PI/50 Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2005 The Quality Imperative Quality of education for persons with disabilities Siri Wormnæs 2004 This paper was commissioned by the Education for All Global Monitoring Report as background information to assist in drafting the 2005 report. It has not been edited by the team. The views and opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to the EFA Global Monitoring Report or to UNESCO. The papers can be cited with the following reference: “Paper commissioned for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2005, The Quality Imperative”. For further information, please contact efareport@unesco.org 03.05.04 Quality of Education for Persons with Disabilities Siri Wormnæs Associate professor, Department of Special Needs Education University of Oslo, Norway Introduction Quality of educational programs for persons with disabilities may relate to four levels: 1) the plan, 2) the implementation, 3) the participants ’ experiences and 4) the outcome. The first level includes the intentions, content, organisation and methods, as they are formulated in plan documents. The second level includes aspects of how the program is implemented in practice, regarding the organisation, teaching and learning methods, material etc. In analyses and evaluation of quality, the second level may be seen in relation to the first level, putting “… the descriptive aspect of the program – how practice is – in relation to the prescriptive aspect – how