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What is the major of special education?
Special education is a specialty of special education, a branch of pedagogy, and a marginal, interdisciplinary and applied discipline to study the education of gifted children and children with physical and mental disabilities.

First, the research direction of special education specialty

1. Psychology and Education of Special Children.

2. Clinical psychology of special children.

3. Basic theories, policies and regulations of special education.

Second, the training objectives of special education majors

This major trains senior professionals with knowledge and skills of special education and general education, who can carry out theoretical research on special education and have innovative spirit and practical ability. It mainly trains professionals who can engage in special education practice, research, management, rehabilitation and service in special education rehabilitation research institutions, administrative institutions and educational institutions.

Students in this major should have high ideological and political consciousness, noble moral quality and good physical and mental health, be able to master advanced modern special education concepts and special teaching methods, and systematically master the basic theories and skills of psychology, education, rehabilitation and service for children with special education needs.

Third, the employment direction of special education majors

Graduates can engage in special education practice, theoretical research and management in special education welfare institutions, or engage in special education teaching in secondary specialized schools and normal colleges, or work in educational research institutions, rehabilitation centers for special children, and editing and publishing industries.