Examining the Game Teaching in Special Education Teacher Training in Turkey and European Union Member States

SciencePark Research, Organization & Counseling. P.O. Box 22912, Nicosa 1525, Cyprus. e-mail: editor.cjes@gmail.com; Web site: www.cjes.eu

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Foreign Countries; Educational Games; Required Courses; Preservice Teacher Education; Special Education; Undergraduate Study; Education Courses; Course Content; Teacher Education Curriculum; College Credits

Turkey; European Union; Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Denmark; Finland; Greece; Netherlands; Hungary; Ireland; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Czech Republic

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This study aims to examine the compulsory courses related to the game and game teaching in special education teacher training undergraduate programme in terms of number, term, credit and content. The data in descriptive study have been determined using document analysis technique. It has been stated that pre-service teachers in most of the EU countries such as Belgium, Finland, Hungary, Luxemburg, Malta, Portugal, etc. take the courses related to game teaching in the first, second and third years of their education, and the courses with the lowest credit are included in Greece's and Holland's special education teacher training programmes with four ECTS and the highest credits are included in Malta's special education teacher training programme with 20 ECTS. In Turkey, special education teacher training programme which is updated in 2018 includes two ECTS of 'Game and Music in Special Education' course in the sixth term.

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2018

EJ1193351