Opinions of primary students with specific learning disabilities on teaching and adjusting fine art clasess

In the literature we can read many guidance, incentives, good teaching practices for teachers regarding teaching pupils with general and specific learning disabilities. According to the authors, adaptations decisions for pupils with special needs in the art class should be made on the basis of the student`s experience of good strategies that help them to be as independent as possible in the classroom. Often, students with specific learning disabilities in fine arts classroom do not need major adaptations, as fine art is a subject where students can develop their ideas in different ways. With the master’s thesis we wanted, through the studying of literature about characteristics and needs of pupils with specific learning disabilities and with the survey for students with specific learning disabilities, to give the power to students with specific learning disabilities in the process of helping and adapting the lessons for them. The purpose of the study was to find out how students with specific learning disabilities cope with the requirements and learning goals of the fine art class. We made a survey to examine what adaptations students with specific learning disabilities in fine art class have and what adaptations they want, how difficult do they find it to complete different assignments in the art class, how they feel about their fine art class and what positive effects of fine art class they see in their class. The survey was filled out by 57 pupils with specific learning disabilities form different primary schools in Slovenia. The results showed that pupils have a variety of adaptations, most of whom are good for all pupils and that they want most of the adaptations. They do not find the common assignments they have in the fine art class too difficult, but some students have described a few assignments as difficult. In the fine art class students feel good and can develop their imagination, intellectual, emotional and social skills through their class