Diagnosis of Opportunities and Development Needs of Children – New Perspectives and Timeless Dilemmas

Abstract

Recognizing the individual needs and abilities of students is a very important issue in the planning and organization of the educational process. Knowledge gathered about students, their needs and abilities, preferred learning styles and environmental components can contribute to raising the quality of education and upbringing.

The main problem addressed by the author is recognizing of the extent to which early childhood education teachers are prepared to explore the psychophysical abilities and learning needs of the child to recognize the risk of specific learning difficulties (including dyslexia risk) at the first stage of education.

The central idea has become recognition of the knowledge and views of teachers in carrying out diagnostic procedures, symptoms of specific learning difficulties and methods of working with children with developmental dyslexia. The study was conducted using quantitative and qualitative methods. The study used the method of a diagnostic survey with the technique of the questionnaire and individual interviews. In the study took part professionally active teachers of early childhood education.