ABSTRACT

There are very few studies relating the Pedagogy of Death to special needs education. The objective of this study was to explore perceptions of death education among the special school educational community. The study adopted a qualitative, phenomenological design, using interviews and discussion groups to encourage the emergence of participants’ perceptions and understandings of death education in schools. 22 staff members and parents from 2 special schools took part. The main results were: participants had favourable attitudes towards death education in schools; educators lacked training in the Pedagogy of Death; planned educational responses to death were absent in schools; death had significant impact in special schools; and the positive aspects of special needs education could be transferred to ordinary education. The conclusions stress the need to train educators and parents and to include death in the education offered at special schools, in an individualised and personalised way.

摘要

很少有研究将死亡教育学与特殊需要教育联系起来。本研究的目的是探讨特殊学校教育界对死亡教育的看法。该研究采用了定性的现象学设计，使用访谈和讨论小组来鼓励参与者对学校死亡教育的看法和理解的出现。来自2所特殊学校的22名教职工及家长参加。主要结果是：参与者对学校的死亡教育持积极态度；教育者缺乏死亡教育学的培训；学校没有计划好的对死亡的教育反应；死亡对特殊学校有重大影响；特殊需要教育的积极方面可以转移到普通教育。