Inclusive education in Russian and German kindergartens (comparative analysis Yakutsk-Hamburg)

The article gives brief summary of author's probation period in Hamburg (Germany) during which he investigated inclusive education for people with special educational needs. Targeted group subject to research included children with sight problems who go to kindergartens both in Germany and Yakutia for many decades. The author uses not only scientific materials of German and Russian scientists in pedagogics but his empirical observations which were made by him during research probation period while visiting kindergartens. While visiting Hamburg kindergartens the author noticed poor educational activity in kindergartens, mainly their work was concentrated on upbringing and supervision functions. Today proper choice of inclusive kindergarten is obligatory condition of successful socialization of children with health problems. Inclusion of a child into society must take place in the first educational institution-kindergarten. In this case children will go to school and enter the university as quite prepared young men and universities will not spend their resources for their adaptation as it occurs today in some Russian universities.