ON THE ISSUE OF COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN AN INCLUSIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to consider communication strategies in an inclusive educational environment. Methods of pedagogical observation, analysis and synthesis, and generalization of results were used. It is noted that communication in the process of teaching students with special educational needs requires taking into account their individual characteristics and capabilities, level of development, needs, and interests. The importance of communication in the educational environment is characterized in accordance with the core tasks of inclusive education as a whole, and its impact on learning, upbringing, adaptation, and socialization, and further development of the personality is considered. The essence of the concepts of "communication", "communication strategy", "inclusive communication" is revealed. It is emphasized that defining goals, identifying the target audience, choosing information channels, systematization, integration, analytics, adaptation are aspects of the communication strategy in an inclusive educational environment. Modern priorities and values, tasks, and direction of the educational industry are determined. Communication, language, assistive technologies, and universal design are identified as key factors influencing the effectiveness of the inclusive educational process. The latest scientific achievements in the context of the specified issues and approaches to the classification of communication strategies are revealed and analyzed. The main communication strategies in modern pedagogical practice are analyzed, their features are established and components are identified, the significance of their use in the context of socialization and harmonious development of students with special educational needs is revealed. The main principles of organizing communication, the use of its various strategies in the process of inclusive education are analyzed. The emphasis is on the humanistic principles of inclusive education and on ways of creating a barrier-free educational environment in the modern conditions of the New Ukrainian School. Alternative additional communication is identified and the need to use its various types in the educational process is emphasized, the advantages are established. Further prospects and directions of scientific research in the context of the specified issues are outlined.