Katalikiška mokykla: negalią turinčio asmens ugdymas Katalikų Bažnyčios dokumentų retrospektyva
The Catholic School: Education of a Person with Disability in the Light of the Catholic Church Documents

Summary/Abstract: On one hand Catholic schools have a tradition of caring for the weakest, of paying attention to each person and to his or her needs; on the other hand, factually, they do not differ from other schools in the aspect of integrating of people with disabilities, as shown by the sources studied. Why is there a discrepancy between the paradigm of Catholic education and its realization? Authors (J. M. Barton (2000), M. E. Blackett (2001), J. Ruškus (2002), D. A. Bello (2006), T. J. Long, M. J. Schuttloffel (2006), A. Galkienė (2008), M. Scalan (2009), C. Ch. Grima-Farrell (2012), who have studied inclusive Catholic education pay more attention to the pedagogical or administrative questions raised by inclusive education than to the philosophical basis of such a choice. As a matter of fact, the analysis of Catholic education under the aspect of inclusive education is a new thing in Lithuania. The practical use of the research is the evaluation of the situation, with the identification of the weak aspects of inclusive education in Lithuania. This would allow, in the future, modeling the organization of the education of pupils with special needs on the basis of the paradigm of Catholic education. Problem question for the research: what is the situation of inclusive education in Catholic schools in Lithuania? How is it related to the conception of inclusive education expressed by the documents of the Catholic Church? The aim of the research: on the basis of empirical research find out the tendencies of inclusive education in Catholic Schools in Lithuania according to the documents of Catholic Church...

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