Students' Perceptions of their Special Schooling

Authors

  • Mary Drislane

Keywords:

Perception, Perspective, Beliefs, Attitude, MLD, Mild Learning Difficulties, School Leavers, Past Pupils, Success, Satisfaction, School Experience, Special Curriculum, Stigma, Special School, Attendance, Integration, Mainstream, Education System, Whole School, Inclusion

Abstract

In a study carried out in a Dublin school for children with mild learning difficulties, school leavers and past pupils reported significant satisfaction and success with their experience of a special curriculum. This was matched however with a strong sense of stigma regarding special school attendance. Would these students have been more or less stigmatised if they had remained integrated in a relatively unresourced ordinary school system?

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Published

1992-11-11

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Drislane, M. (1992). Students’ Perceptions of their Special Schooling. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 6(1), 32–36. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/445

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Vol. 6 No. 1 (1992)

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