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Awareness and Actual Condition of Career Education in Secondary Students with School for the Visual Impairments

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2014, 15(4), pp.175-198
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

Lee Shinyoung 1 Lee Hae-Gyun 2

1광명학교, 대구대학교 박사과정
2대구대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study is to provide elementary resource in developing efficient and active vocational education programs for the students with visual impairments. The findings from the research are as followings. First, for the main purpose of vocational educations, most blind students picked 'to engaged in the work that they like', while low-vision students picked 'to earn money to maintain one's life'. Asked about the most important factor in vocational programs, male students said 'job information', whereas female students said 'job planning'. However, when the answers were sorted by grade, middle schoolers usually said 'career information' and high schoolers said 'information on higher education'. Asked about the important things in job performance, both male and female students answered 'proficiency and aptitude', and also they answered that 'counselling on regular basis' is essential for effective vocational education. Second, in the survey on the actual condition of vocational education in blind schools, when they were asked about the decisive factor to choose future job, middle schoolers said 'conversation with parents' whereas high schoolers said 'conversation with peer group'. For the method to enhance efficiency in job education, blind students said 'more systematical teaching as more students apply for the subject', and both male and female students preferred 'face to face conversation' as the best way of job counselling.

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