Special education in pre-service teacher training

The first decade of the twenty first century is the period of expansion of the inclusive education and these changes have direct influence on teacher education. Current trends in teacher education emphasize the importance of integration of special education in curricula at both levels of teacher education - basic bachelor level and master level. There are two topics of the review of the integration of special education and the concept of inclusion in teacher education curricula in European countries: status of special education in university curricula and comparison status of special education in pre-service education curricula in two Balkan countries - one from European Union, and the other from outside European Union. We derive examples of integration of these concepts in teacher education. Based on the review we suggest some practical implications to teacher education.