The role of group work techniques for children with special needs in primary education

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Vol.10 No.3

December, 2024

Balkan Journal of

Interdisciplinary Research

E-ISSN 2411-9725

ISSN 2410-759X

Research Article

© 2024 Evjonda Pylli & Alma Karasaliu

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The role of group work techniques for children with special needs in primary

education

Evjonda Pylli

“Fan S. Noli” University, Korce, Albania

Alma Karasaliu

“Fan S. Noli” University, Korce, Albania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjir-2024-0023

Abstract

The aim of this research is to highlight the role of collaboration through the implementation

of group work techniques for children with special needs, compared to other techniques

that focus on individual work. The objectives of this paper include: exploring various

strategies that prioritize group work, highlighting children’s areas of achievement during

the implementation of group work techniques, and evaluating their inuence on meeting the

standards for children with special needs, among other aspects.

Furthermore, this paper includes a comparative analysis of the use of group work

techniques versus individual work techniques, emphasizing their respective advantages

and disadvantages. The methodology applied in this paper is a combination of qualitative

methods, consisting of a literature review on the aforementioned issues, as well as quantitative

methods, which focus on the analysis and interpretation of the data collected from the study.

The instrument for gathering these data is a questionnaire for teachers, composed of 17 testable

items, divided in two main sections: General information about the teachers and data on the

techniques and strategies used in the classroom.

Keywords: Teaching strategies, special needs, special needs education, achievement standards,

expert group, group work.

1. Introduction

Nowadays, the number of children with special developmental needs is increasing.

Therefore, by the end of 2019, the number of children and adolescents with disabilities

worldwide was about 317 million (UNICEF, 2023). Therefore, various states as well

as international organizations of children’s rights, and not only, have focused their

aention on the design and implementation of various action plans as well as the