Accountable education for mentally handicapped pupils who
receive their tuition at special schools should lead to
self-actualisation. The pupil achieves self-actualisation
through, among other factors, the choice of a sui table
career, as this helps him to become a useful, self-supporting
and competent member of society.
However, the training which a pupil attending a special
school receives, does not provide him with direct access to
training as an apprentice. Pupils often expect that the
practical fields in which they specialised at school will
lead to their obtaining employment in these fields and even
to their being given further training in their chosen fields.
Unfortunately, it is a fact that most of these pupils, on
leaving school, are appointed in professions that have little
or no bearing on their training at school.
In this study an attempt to found a pedagogically viable
vocational training programme for educable mentally retarded
pupils, based on literature studies, is made. The education
of these pupils is studied through the perspectives of their
restrictions, their potential, their expectations, their
needs and their right to vocational training. The interest
which parents have in the education of their mentally
retarded child, the special school's responsibility in
supplying suitable vocational training, as well as the role
that employers should play in this regard, are identified and
studied.
The programme of educational training at special schools in
the Transvaal is analysed in the light of literature studies.
The identification of mentally handicapped pupils, the
curricula for special schools and the syllabuses for the
majority of the subjects are discussed and problem areas are
identified. An empirical investigation confirms the actuality
of the identified problems. Questionnaires sent to all
special schools in the Transvaal and schedules completed by a
number of employers were designed. The findings are
presented and interpreted.
Recommendations aimed at a more vocationally oriented education
system for pupils at special schools are made. Possible
areas for further research are identified. / Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1988
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/9504 |
| Date | January 1988 |
| Creators | Van Zyl, Andries Johannes |
| Publisher | Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | other |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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