Time Expressions through Cross-curriculum with Speech Disordered and Autistic Students

Lucija Kupec
lucija.kupec@gmail.com
Zavod za gluhe in naglušne Ljubljana

Povzetek

Učenci z govorno-jezikovnimi in/ali avtističnimi motnjami potrebujejo veliko vizualnih predstav, konkretnih primerov, veliko število ponovitev in različnih aktivnosti, saj je njihova koncentracija slabša in kratkotrajnejša. Aktivnosti pri obravnavi časovnih izrazov so organizirane tako, da se med seboj prepletajo vsebine iz različnih predmetnih področij, s čimer dosežemo boljše pomnjenje. Učenci z avtističnimi motnjami potrebujejo časovno strukturo, zato je zanje dobro razumevanje zgoraj omenjenih časovnih pojmov še posebej pomembno.
Časovni izrazi so drugošolcem precej abstraktni pojmi. Dan, teden, mesec in leto pa se vrstijo vedno znova in znova v krogu in tako smo otrokom ta pojem tudi vpeljali. Periodno, zaključeno in vedno znova začeto.
Podrobno smo jim želeli predstaviti časovne izraze: dan, teden, mesec in leto ter jim vse skupaj približati v različnih predmetih in tako tvoriti medpredmetno povezanost pri obravnavi omenjenih pojmov v sledečih predmetih: matematika, spoznavanje okolja, računalništvo, likovna vzgoja, komunikacija, slovenščina in športna vzgoja. Pri vseh teh smo vključili tudi IKT in naloge reševali s pomočjo računalnika in pametne table. S pomočjo slednje smo pridobili tudi povratno informacijo o usvojenem znanju.
S temi različnimi dejavnostmi smo dosegli visoko stopnjo motiviranosti učencev, saj so bile le-te kratkotrajne, zanimive, raznolike in pestre.

Ključne besede: dan, teden, mesec, leto, medpredmetna povezanost.

Abstract

The students with speech disorders and/or autistic disorders need a lot of visual presentations, concrete cases and various activities, since their ability to concentrate is lower than with average children. The activities which lead to the understanding of the concepts of time are organized in a way that different curriculum contents are linked together in order to achieve better remembering. Since the time schedules are of special importance for the students with the autistic disorders, the activities for understanding the concepts of time are very important.
The concepts of time are fairly abstract to the second graders. The day, week, month and year are repeating periodically and in this way the time concepts were also introduced to the students. We tried to present them the concepts of time, such as the day, week, month and year through different curriculums, like Mathematics, Introduction into social surroundings, Informatics, Art, Communications, Slovene, P.E. and thus form the cross-curricular links. Students tried to understand the time concepts with the use of the ICT (information and communication technology) and therefore they were solving the problems with computer software and smart tables. The latter gave us feedback information about the acquired knowledge.
Thus, we achieved a high level of students’ motivation, since the activities were of short duration, interesting, of different kind and variegated.

Key words: day, week, month, year, cross-curricular links.