The project method as a form of teaching people with disabilities

Abstract

The paper aims at presenting a look at  ways, and forms of using the project method in teaching  people with disabilities. I will analyze the usefulness of the project method in different areas of education of people with disabilities. The study also briefly comments on the most significant features that describe educational projects. Subsequently, it will go on to benefits of using the project method in education. The paper focuses primarily on how the project as an element of teaching affects the development of students with disabilities. In the further part of the work, it will also consider  forms of project in education.  The last part of the paper mentions several important results of research which pertain to the possibility of using project method technologies in education.

Keywords

• Project method,education,people with disabilities,teaching method

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