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Preparation experience and support demand of students with disabilities for college entrance

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2017, 18(2), pp.79-103
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

JEONG SO YOUNG 1

1한국복지대학교

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ABSTRACT

This research aims to study the experience of college students with disabilities preparing to advance into college. It investigates determining factors when selecting a college, preparing to advance into a college, any support received for college advancement, and the needs toward policies that address college advancement. A total of 60 students, including 20 high school students and 40 college students, participated in this research. According to research results, participants chose their majors with considerations to aptitude and the characteristics of their disability, and parents as well as teachers had the largest influence on choices regarding college advancement. Students prepared college advancement near the final year of high school and collected information on the internet. College students with disabilities suffered from difficulties including the lack of customized preparatory materials developed for the characteristics of different disabilities, and they complained the lack of information on college advancement due to the small number of programs that support college advancement at the school level. Compared to non-disabled students, policies to support college advancement of college students with disabilities were not implemented in an orderly manner, and students demanded the government to provide college information, resources to prepare for college entrance examinations etc. by creating an integrated college information website.

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