Vocational Orientation of the Mentally Retarded Children at the “Art Ceramics” Studio

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10.2991/assehr.k.210813.101How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Vocational orientation, Mental retardations, Art, Art ceramics, Studio

Abstract

The article deals with the role of art education for the purpose of vocational orientation of the mentally retarded students. Vocational orientation is the first major step in the complex system of the measures targeted at social and professional adjustment of the mentally disabled people, and it complies with the principle of equal opportunities for professional development and social advancement of all students. The authors describe the principles and methods of maintaining the art ceramics studio in which students gradually learn about different technological processes and modeling techniques, develop their professional skills related to the processing of materials, decorating ceramics, using different tools, which is believed to be an integral aspect of the vocational orientation of the mentally retarded children. The results of the experimental research on the vocational orientation of the mentally retarded students at the “Art Ceramics” studio in the special education school in Shuya, Russia are presented.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ludmila Yershova
AU  - Aleksei Mikhailov
AU  - Alexey Malygin
AU  - Olga Smirnova
AU  - Mariya Burlakova
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/08/17
TI  - Vocational Orientation of the Mentally Retarded Children at the “Art Ceramics” Studio
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 604
EP  - 612
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210813.101
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210813.101
ID  - Yershova2021
ER  -