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Dyslexia in Germany—An educational policy for meeting dyslexic children's needs in the German school system
Author(s) -
DummerSmoch Lisa
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(199806)4:2<63::aid-dys96>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - dyslexia , spelling , german , psychology , inclusion (mineral) , subject (documents) , mathematics education , residential school , special educational needs , medical education , developmental psychology , pedagogy , special education , reading (process) , linguistics , sociology , library science , medicine , social psychology , computer science , philosophy , socioeconomics
A brief account is given of the German educational system. This is followed by a section entitled ‘Research findings as the basis for an overall picture’. Four measures aimed at helping dyslexic and other pupils are then advocated, viz.: (i) diagnostic procedures; (ii) specialized help for those who are failing; (iii) the waiving of penalties for poor spelling in written school work; (iv) the inclusion of dyslexia as a subject in the training and advanced training of teachers. These ideas are already put into practice in some parts of Germany, but need to be adopted more widely. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.