Digital technologies in training future social-interaction professionals for the organization of inclusive education

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https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2025.19.04.8

Keywords:

inclusive educational environment, digitalization of education, digital technologies, principles of inclusive education, future social interaction professionals

Abstract

The article describes the main criteria for a barrier-free inclusive educational environment; identifies special features of an inclusive educational environment; and considers the principles of inclusive education and general didactic principles of training for the high-quality functioning of an inclusive educational environment. A research and experimental verification of the effectiveness of implementing a system for training future social interaction professionals to work in an inclusive educational environment through the use of digital technologies in working with children with special educational needs has been developed and conducted. The most important areas of using digital technologies to organize children's education in an inclusive educational environment have been considered. The advantages of using the developed system are listed. The effectiveness of the experimental study of the developed effective author's system is confirmed by reliable indicators, which have been verified using mathematical statistics methods. Respondents in the EG group showed a more significant increase in the formation of all levels of the studied components of the readiness of future social interaction professionals to work in an inclusive educational environment, and the use of digital technologies in working with children with special educational needs, than in applicants in the CG group.

Author Biographies

Liliia Filiuk, Odesa National Medical University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Sciences, Odesa National Medical University, Ukraine.

Оlha Hubar, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Correctional and Inclusive Education Technologies, Speech Therapy and Rehabilitation, Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Viacheslav Shapochka, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Ukraine.

PhD Student, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Ukraine.

Kateryna Shapochka, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Ukraine.

PhD, Associate Professor, Head of Special Pedagogy and Inclusive Education Department, V.O. Sukhomlynsky Educational and Scientific Pedagogical Institute, Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, Ukraine.

Svitlana Titarenko, Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of Preschool Pedagogy and Psychology Department, Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

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Published

2025-12-30

How to Cite

Filiuk, L., Hubar О., Shapochka, V., Shapochka, K., & Titarenko, S. (2025). Digital technologies in training future social-interaction professionals for the organization of inclusive education. Eduweb, 19(4), 125–148. https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2025.19.04.8

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