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INOVACIJE I IZAZOVI U OBRAZOVANJU I SESTRINSKOJ SKRBI - KNJIGA SAŽETAKA



               Nurses and Teaching Assistants in Theoretical and

               Practical Education in Medical Schools


               Ten  years  ago,  the  term  teaching  assistant  was  associated  with  schools  that  only  educate
               students with disabilities. A few years ago, teaching assistants became a systematic part of
               primary  school  education  for  the  purpose  of  integrating  students  with  disabilities  into  the
               regular education system. Today, teaching assistants also work in secondary schools, especially
               vocational ones, where every year there are more and more children with individualized and
               adapted programs. This is something new for professional teachers, professional associates,
               students and parents, and it is the right time to start talking about it more and exchanging
               experiences, as well as critically reflecting on all the advantages and disadvantages that arise.
               Inclusion and integration have been something we strive for for some time in all spheres of life,
               however, they are not enough by themselves to change society and adapt it to people with
               disabilities.  Law  is  one  thing,  practice  is  another,  and  words  on  paper  can  be  interpreted
               differently by everyone. How to harmonize the educational process, which is closely related to
               the mastery of specific skills and competencies, with the difficulties that students have, and how
               and  how  much  to  include  teaching  assistants  are  questions  that  vocational  teachers  ask
               themselves in many schools throughout Croatia. How to prepare a student for the labor market
               where he will have to work completely independently and be responsible for what he has done?
               Are the teaching assistants ready and prepared for the professional part of the curriculum and
               how did they manage themselves in schools where the emphasis is not on general education
               subjects but on narrowly specific ones consisting of a theoretical and practical part? We will try
               to answer these and many other questions through experiences from the Pula Medical School,
               where there are currently three teaching assistants in two areas (nurse/general care technician
               and physiotherapist technician/technician). We will show their experiences, as well as that of
               the teachers, but also the success of the students and the challenges they all go through together.
               It will also be interesting to present what clinical teaching looks like in healthcare institutions,
               where the patient is accompanied by a professional teacher, a student and a teaching assistant.
               It remains to be seen how the status of teaching assistants will be defined and developed, and
               whether there will be more of them in the future.


               Key words: teaching assistants, students with disabilities, vocational education, integration,
               inclusion





























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