Learning Habits of Students with Special Needs in Short-Term Vocational Education Programmes

Autor/inn/en	Schmidt, Majda; Creslovnik, Helena
Titel	Learning Habits of Students with Special Needs in Short-Term Vocational Education Programmes
Quelle	In: Educational Studies, 36 (2010) 4, S.415-430 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-5698
Schlagwörter	Vocational Schools; Teaching Models; Statistical Analysis; Educational Environment; Vocational Education; Special Needs Students; Teaching Methods; Study Habits; Learning Strategies; Technical Education; Secondary School Students; Disabilities; Questionnaires; Student Motivation; Emotional Development; Social Development; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Foreign Countries; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vocational school; Berufsbildende Schule; Berufsschule; Fachschule; Lehrmodell; Statistische Analyse; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Study behavior; Study behaviour; Studienverhalten; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Technikunterricht; Sekundarschüler; Handicap; Behinderung; Fragebogen; Schulische Motivation; Gefühlsbildung; Soziale Entwicklung; Ausland; Slowenien
Abstract	This research examined some characteristics of the learning habits of students with special needs and those without them in programmes of short-term vocational education in five areas: motivation, learning and learning techniques, emotional, social and the area of self-evaluation. The research sample consisted of 140 students from different secondary schools. The "Questionnaire on the Learning Habits of Adolescents" was used for the purpose of the study. The differences between the means from individual learning habit scales, between the students with special needs or without them, were discovered by one-way analysis of variance. Basic findings of empirical research emphasise that there exist statistically significant differences between the students with special needs and the students without special needs in four areas of learning habits. Among the findings causing concern in connection with learning habits, we would like to underscore the fact that students with special needs are perceived as less efficient at and less competent in coping with learning and work tasks. These students are not familiar with effective methods and strategies for successful learning, which leads to the feelings of frustration and helplessness in case of failure. In order to cultivate an effective and supportive educational environment for students with special needs, short-term vocational schools should develop learning/teaching models that provide a potentially powerful alternative to traditionally directed teaching approaches. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10