Special Educators, Employers, and Special Students: A Comparison of Perceptions of the Working World

Author

Lena Arrington-McClenny, Longwood University

Date of Award

1994

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Liberal Studies

First Advisor

Ruth L. Meese, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Patricia R. Whitefield, Ph.D.

Third Advisor

Stephen C. Keith, Ed.D.

Abstract

Education is designed to prepare all students for productive citizenship. Students with disabilities, however, are employed at lower rates, earning less money, and accruing fewer benefits than their nondisabled peers. In order to design a curriculum that targets employment as an outcome, special educators must determine the needs and expectations of employers. This study compared the perceptions of employers, special education teachers, to learning disabled students .Employers and special education teachers rated work related, communication, personal, and social skills similarly while students with learning disabilities formed in congruent perceptions of the working world.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Arrington-McClenny, Lena, "Special Educators, Employers, and Special Students: A Comparison of Perceptions of the Working World" (1994). Theses & Honors Papers. 290.
https://digitalcommons.longwood.edu/etd/290