POJSLOVÁ, Klára. Integration of Visually Handicapped People in the Labour Market - project "How to Succeed in the Labour Market". Praha: Philosophical Faculty, Charles University, 2011, 84 pp. Master's Thesis. The thesis titled "Integration of Visually Handicapped People in the Labour Market - the project "How to Succeed in the Labour Market" deals with the issue of jobs for people with visual disabilities in the open labour market. The main aim of the thesis is to identify the barriers which visually handicapped people have to face that affect their employment, and subsequently assess the effectiveness of the project "How to succeed in the labour market." This thesis firstly discusses the theory of employment of people with visual disabilities. Apart from the definition of "person with visual impairment" as such the thesis discusses the importance of job as one of the tools to meet self-realization needs and also possibilities of support when the job is lost. This thesis specifically deals with the status of visually handicapped people in the open labour market with an emphasis on existing barriers that hinder their employment. Last but not least the thesis contents an information about the project "How to succeed in the labour market", which main objective was to increase skills and develop key...

There has been a paucity of research concerning vocational training of learners with special education needs. The literature study focused on a vocational training and transition planning programme in the United States of America, which could provide as a useful guide to educators and school managers, when implementing vocational training and transitional planning in South Africa. Research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with educators and principals at special schools, observation of learners whilst performing skills training and documentary analysis, to explore whether learners with barriers to learning are receiving skills training that could position them for employment in the open labour market after they exit school. Findings revealed that principals and educators at special schools are faced with challenges in the learner’s microsystem, exosystem and macrosystem, resulting in the inadequate preparation of learners with special education needs for employment in the open labour market. Based on the findings, recommendations in terms of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory were made, to increase the opportunity for learners who experience barriers to learning, to be engaged in meaningful employment. / Education Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)

There has been a paucity of research concerning vocational training of learners with special education needs. The literature study focused on a vocational training and transition planning programme in the United States of America, which could provide as a useful guide to educators and school managers, when implementing vocational training and transitional planning in South Africa. Research was conducted using semi-structured interviews with educators and principals at special schools, observation of learners whilst performing skills training and documentary analysis, to explore whether learners with barriers to learning are receiving skills training that could position them for employment in the open labour market after they exit school. Findings revealed that principals and educators at special schools are faced with challenges in the learner’s microsystem, exosystem and macrosystem, resulting in the inadequate preparation of learners with special education needs for employment in the open labour market. Based on the findings, recommendations in terms of Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory were made, to increase the opportunity for learners who experience barriers to learning, to be engaged in meaningful employment. / Education Management / M. Ed. (Education Management)