defectology

English

Etymology

From defect +‎ -ology.

Noun

defectology (uncountable)

1. (in the former Soviet Union) The training of teachers of handicapped children.
   • 2000, Jan de Groof, A New Framework of Special Education in the Russian Federation:

     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.

Derived terms

• defectological

Translations

training

• Russian: дефектоло́гия (ru) f (defektológija)