History: Beginning from the school year of 1993/1994 at the Institute of Pedagogy, studies in defectology were open. Later, in the school year of 1996/1997 with a special decision of the Academic Council, the studies in defectology continued to exist as a special Institute of Defectology. 

Address: Bul. “Krste Misirkov” b.b., 91000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Tel. +389-2-116-520 (locals 129, 234, 236)

Fax: +389-2-118-143

E-mail: defektologija@fzf.ukim.edu.mk 

Leader: Ass. professor Risto Petrov, PhD  was chosen to be a leader of the Institute of Defectology for the time period of 2000 to 2001. 

The studies last for four years and are realized by a special curriculum. The graduate students are given the title of Graduate defectologist.

This professional profile, as a general defectologist is trained to perform upbringing-educational and rehabilitation work with children with developmental disabilities (blind, weak-sighted, deaf, weak-of-hearing, mentally retarded and somato-invalid children) from pre-school and primary school age in special pre-school institutions, special primary schools and rehabilitation institutions.

Also, the graduate defectologist will be qualified to work as a part of the professional team in the regular pre-school and school institutions, as well as in the health and social-protection institutions in which the processes of protection, education and rehabilitation are realized and to work with children with problems in their physical an mental development.

Within the Institute there are additional one-year defectological studies organized for subject teachers which are to work in the special schools and the special departments in the regular schools for children and youth with developmental disturbances. These studies are organized as an additional defectological education for graduate subject teachers from the adequate faculties, which work or wish to work with children and youth with developmental disturbances. 

The Institute has its own library. 

Dr. Ljubomir Ajdinski, retired full professor;

- Methodic of early treatment and pre-school education of handicapped persons

- Methodic of class teaching of light mentally retarded children

Dr. Risto Petrov, docent;

- Methodic of upbringing-educational work with severely and combined handicapped persons

- Professional orientation and training of handicapped persons

- Home upbringing-educational work with handicapped persons

Dr. Dragoslav Kopachev; docent

- Neuropsychology with psychomotor reeducation

- Medical basis of handicaps

Dr. Goran Ajdinski, docent;

- Defectological diagnostics

- Structural defectology

- General defectology

M-r. Zora Jaceva, assistant;

- Orthopedagogy

- Methodic of class work with deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils

- Methodic of early treatment and pre-school education of handicapped children

M-r. D-r med. Vladimir Trajkovski, assistant;

- Human genetics

- Medical basis of handicaps

Daniela Dimitrova Radojcic, younger assistant;

- Methodic of class work with blind and weak-sighted pupils;

- Methodic of early treatment and pre-school education of handicapped children

Natasha Cicevska Jovanova, younger assistant;

- Methodic of early treatment and pre-school education of handicapped children;

- Methodic of class work with light mentally retarded children

- Methodic of upbringing-educational work with severely and combined handicapped persons

- Methodic of class work with somato-invalid pupils

Zoran Kitkanj, younger assistant;

- General defectology

- Professional orientation and training of handicapped persons

Teachers from others institutes and departments

D-r. Zoran Stojanovski, full professor;

- Pedagogic psychology

D-r. Tatjana Takashmanova, docent;

- Developmental psychology

D-r. Trajan Gocevski, full professor;

- Economics of education

D-r. Kiro Kamberski, associate professor;

- History of pedagogy with comparative pedagogy

D-r. Marija Kostova, full professor;

- General pedagogy

D-r. Divna Lakinska, associate professor;

- Social pedagogy

D-r. Anastas Lakoski, associate professor;

- Human genetics

D-r. Vera Georgieva, associate professor;

- Philosophy

D-r. Violeta Panzova, associate professor;

- Logic

D-r. Blagorodna Lakinska, associate professor;

- Didactics with special didactics

D-r. Nano Ruzin, associate professor;

- Social protection of handicapped people

D-r. Radko Nacevski, associate professor;

- Defense and protection

D-r Zoran Matevski, docent

-Sociology

D-r Violeta Arnaudova, associate professor

-General psychology

D-r Natasha Angelovska Galevska, docent

-Methodology of research in defectology

-Statistics

D-r Lena Damovska, assistent

- Pre-school pedagogy

- Family pedagogy

D-r Jordanka Dimovska, full professor;

- Physiology so functional anatomy

D-r Zivko Cvetkovski, associate professor;

- Macedonian

D-r Kita Bicevska, docent;

- Russian

M-r Ilinka Drakulevska Grubovic , senior teacher;

- English

Klementina Hadzi-Lega, teacher;

- French

Marina Nishliska, lector;

- German

D-r Gorica Levenska;

- General logopedy

Elizabeta Soltirova;

-Psychology of handicapped people

-Methodic of class teaching with blind and weak-sighted pupils

Marija Bashevska;

-Methodic of class teaching with deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils (gesticulation)

Beside the subjects from the basic curriculum, students chose one subject from the group of choice subjects:

a) Students attending defectological studies are allowed to choose some of the subjects from the other Institutes of Faculty of Philosophy or from the other Faculties at the University.

b) Students from other Institutes or other Faculties are allowed to choose some of the subjects from the curriculum of the defectological studies.

 

Students take brief examinations in the following subjects: general defectology, structural defectology, orthopedagogy, psychology of handicapped persons, didactics with special didactics, methodics of early treatment and pre-school education of handicapped children, methodics of class teaching of light mentally retarded children and methodics of class teaching of deaf and hard-of-hearing children.

Exams in methodics are composed of practical and theoretical part; exam in Macedonian is written; statistics- oral and written; all other exams- oral.

b) Seminary works

Students are obliged to do two seminary works during their studies, of which one during the second and the other during the third year. The subjects concerned should be the defectological ones as well as a research project from methodology of research in defectology.

c) Conditions for continuation of studies

The student can roll for the next year if, to the September exam session inclusive passes the exams in all subjects for which the lessons finish the previous year.

As an exception, the student can roll for the next year even if s/he hadn’t passed two of the exams from the previous year, on the condition that he passes them to the February exam session of the current year.

The student that hasn’t passed the two last exams repeats the year of studies.

d) Final work

Every student is obliged to do a final work concerning the defectological subjects and to defend it in front of an examining board.

e) Work and educational practice

Students are obliged to do practical teaching in the adequate institutions for 15 days in third and fourth year each.

f) Professional title

After graduating, the student is awarded the title of graduate defectologist.

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