Defectology
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The training of teachers of handicapped children. uncountable
"Training in orthopedagogics started as a global course without division into types of handicaps while training in defectology started with profound study of auditive handicapped children and was influenced greatly by a German system of special education with profound specialization according to a handicapping condition."
Example
More examples"Training in orthopedagogics started as a global course without division into types of handicaps while training in defectology started with profound study of auditive handicapped children and was influenced greatly by a German system of special education with profound specialization according to a handicapping condition."
Etymology
From defect + -ology.
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