Effectiveness of embedded instruction in early childhood special education: a literature review

2011-01-01
Rakap, Salih
Parlak-Rakap, Asiye
Empirical literature acknowledges the importance and benefits of inclusive education. However, cautions have been noted in the literature with respect to providing children with disabilities with appropriate opportunities to learn new skills in inclusive settings. One approach that has been used in early childhood special education to provide instruction for young children with disabilities is called embedded instruction. The purpose of this literature review was to evaluate the effectiveness of embedded instruction for young children with special needs. The examination of findings revealed that embedded instruction is an effective practice to teach a range of skills to children with various developmental delays and disabilities in inclusive preschool classrooms. Moreover, children who learn new skills through embedded instruction generalise these skills across people, setting, activities, and materials and maintain these skills over time. RESUME: La litterature empirique reconnait l'importance et les benefices de l'education inclusive. Des conditions ont toutefois ete notees, dans la litterature, en vue de procurer aux enfants presentant un handicap des occasions appropriees de faire de nouvelles acquisitions dans un environnement inclusif. Une des approches utilisee dans l'education speciale precoce pour favoriser l'instruction des jeunes enfants presentant un handicap est appelee l'instruction integree. Le but de cette revue de litterature etait d'evaluer l'efficacite de l'instruction integree pour ces enfants. L'analyse des resultats revele que l'instruction integree est une pratique efficace quant a l'acquisition d'une gamme d'aptitudes par des enfants ayant des retards varies de developpement et des deficiences, dans les classes prescolaires inclusives. De plus, les enfants qui ont fait de nouvelles acquisitions, grace a cette instruction integree, generalisent leurs acquis aupres de personnes, lieux, activites et objets divers, et conservent ces capacites dans le temps. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Wichtigkeit und Vorteile inklusiver Erziehung sind in der empirischen Literatur anerkannt. In der Literatur wird jedoch Zuruckhaltung festgestellt, wenn es darum geht Kindern mit Behinderungen angemessene Gelegenheiten zum Erlernen neuer Fertigkeiten zu bieten. Eingebettete Anleitung ist ein sonderpadagogischer Ansatz der in der Arbeit mit jungen Kindern genutzt wird. Zweck der vorliegenden Literaturstudie ist die Evaluierung der Effektivitat eingebetteter Anleitung fur junge Kinder mit besonderen Bedurfnissen. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eingebettete Anleitung tatsachlich ein effektiver Ansatz ist um Kindern mit verschiedenen Entwicklungsverzogerungen und Behinderungen den Erwerb diverser Fertigkeiten zu ermoglichen. Kinder, die durch eingebettete Anleitung neue Fertigkeiten erwerben, ubertragen diese auf andere Personen, Umgebungen, Aktivitaten und Materialien; sie erhalten die Fertigkeiten uber langere Zeit. RESUMEN: La literatura empirica reconoce la importancia y los beneficios de la educacion integrada. En todo caso, se nota cierta precaucion en la literatura, en cuanto a las oportunidades apropiadas para adquirir nuevas habilidades que los medios integrados le dan a ninos con discapacidades. Un metodo usado en la educacion especial para ninos pequenos con discapacidades es la llamada instruccion incorporada. El objetivo de este estudio bibliografico es evaluar la efectividad de la instruccion incorporada para ninos pequenos con discapacidades.
EUROPEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL

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Citation Formats
S. Rakap and A. Parlak-Rakap, “Effectiveness of embedded instruction in early childhood special education: a literature review,” EUROPEAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION RESEARCH JOURNAL, pp. 79–96, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/65475.