Paradigma pozitivnog razvoja: Mogućnost inoviranja praksi inkluzivnog obrazovanja

Abstract

In the introductory paper, The Paradigm of Positive Development: the Possibility of Innovative Practices in Inclusive Education, the author Nada Polovina presents the key points of reference for the paradigm of the positive development of young people as a new approach to research, developmental stimulation and improvement of potential of children and young people. The first part of the paper considers those points which refer to: the nature of the development process and developing goals (the ‘plasticity’ of developmental possibilities; the development of functional behaviour); the constructive elements of positive development (the interaction of the internal/child’s powers and the external developmental powers – the characteristics of the socialisation system); the nature of the process of developmental changes (the process of developing progress as a result of the mutual efforts of the child and the contribution of the environment). The second part of the paper analyzes the general points of reference for the incorporation of the values and principles of the presented paradigm in the practice of the inclusion of children with developmental disabilities in regular schools, and then their incorporation in real school practice in Norway whose law on education is based on the principle of the positive development of pupils.