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Conflicts Experienced in Adapting to the Teaching Profession by Newly Appointed Teachers with Blind Working at a School for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2018, 19(2), pp.235-262
  • DOI : 10.19049/JSPED.2018.19.2.11
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education
  • Received : May 15, 2018
  • Accepted : June 19, 2018
  • Published : June 30, 2018

Hong, jaeyoung 1

1전주대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aimed to examine the experiences of newly appointed teachers with visual impairments working at a school for students with intellectual disabilities. It also intended to discover the conflicts they went through in the adaptation process of their teaching profession. To achieve these purposes, this study utilized a qualitative case study methodology based on the theoretical perspective of symbolic interactionism under the constructionist epistemology. The study participants were four newly appointed teachers with visual impairment working at a school for students with intellectual disabilities; they were selected using snowball sampling. To investigate the participants' experiences, they were interviewed and relevant data were collected. Inductive analysis on the collected data was made with the NVivo 11 program. According to the analysis results, newly appointed teachers with visual impairment who worked at a school for students with intellectual disabilities experienced conflicts with other members and their surroundings, consideration and exclusion, conflicts during their classes, hopelessness, and internal conflict, such as identity confusion. The results of this study will provide basic data on policy measures that could improve expertise of newly appointed teachers with visual improvement working at a school for students with intellectual disabilities, supporting their adaptation to the teaching profession.

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