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INCLUSIVE EDUCATION – ONE OF THE FACTORS FOR THE SOCIALIZATION OF THE CHILD’S PERSONALITY
Angel Kanchev University of Ruse (BULGARIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN21 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 964-969
ISBN: 978-84-09-31267-2
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2021.0252
Conference name: 13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 5-6 July, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
There are many factors that influence the socialization of the child's personality. These are the family, in the first place, the extended family, friendly, neighborhood, children's school, peers, adults, mass media and many other macro and micro environments. In theoretical terms, a topic is considered for the socialization of the child's personality at the age of 6-7 years, the preparatory group in the kindergarten.

Introduction:
Inclusion, inclusive education, is expressed in the reorganization of policies, practices and culture in Bulgarian education so that it can meet the diverse educational needs of students, encouraging them to participate actively.
Education is a constructive force, but at the same time it can reproduce existing inequalities and practices of exclusion in society. In order to stop this process, it is necessary to start with education. In the beginning, internationally, inclusive education as a philosophy was focused entirely on children with disabilities. In addition to disability, gender, ethnicity, language, socio-economic status, and many others are added to the reasons for exclusion.

Methods:
Theoretical background:
The developed experimental model is an option for enriching the educational process in the preparatory group for school. It complies with all normative documents regulating the pedagogical interaction with 6-7-year-old children in our country, in Bulgaria. The emphasis is in the educational field "Surrounding World" with the four cores "Self-affirmation and communication with others", "Social and health environment", "Cultural and national values" and "The world of nature and its protection".
The experimental model aims to form, expand and enrich social competence, through inclusive education, of 6-7-year-old children attending a preparatory group with a half-day, full-day or weekly organization of municipal or private kindergartens.

Key objectives and research questions:
The object of the experimental study is the inclusive education of 114 (6 - 7-year-old) children attending a preparatory group with half-day, full-day or weekly organization.
The subject of research is the level of social competence of inclusive education and the effectiveness of the proposed methodology for development and continuous improvement in 6-7-year-old children attending a preparatory group with half-day, full-day or weekly organization.
The design of the experimental study is divided into: Pilot study; Finding experiment; Forming (training) experiment and Final (control) experiment.

Results:
The reported data give grounds to claim that the inclusion of a foreign language in the tested didactic exercises and game-cognitive situations stimulates the manifestation of welfare between children.
The performed statistical and comparative analysis of the data obtained from the ascertaining and control measurement of the indicators under the criterion “Orientation in cultural and national values” gives grounds to conclude that the proposed experimental model has a positive statistically significant effect on the included in the experimental work 6 - 7- year old children.

Conclusion:
In conclusion, it can be said that the conducted experimental work confirms the relevance of the problem of developing and improving the social competence of 6-7-year-old children through inclusive education, revealing real opportunities for more effective socialization in preschool.
Keywords:
Inclusive education, socialization, diagnostic procedures, ascertaining and control stage, criterion.