Purpose of the Study
The major purpose of this study was to determine if secondary level educable mentally retarded students had an awareness of skills developed in the Pre-Vocational Training Program and the skills needed for job placement and employment continuation.
Subjects
The subjects used in this study consisted of fifty-five Pre-Vocational Training students. They consisted of twenty-two females and twenty-three males. Their chronological ages ranged from 14-19. All had been enrolled in the Pre-Vocational Training Program from one to four years.
Research Procedures
The research procedure employed in this study was as follows:
1. Permission was secured from officials at the selected urban school to conduct the study.
2. Interviews were held with students to assure participation in the research project.
3. The fifty-five subjects were selected as part of the study on the basis of placement and schedule with a selected pre-vocational teacher.
4. Permission was secured from parents for students' participation in the study.
5. The questionnaire was formulated and field tested on prep vocational training students not a part of the study and remedial reading students whose reading level approximate that of the pre-vocational training students in the study.
Analysis of Study
The data was presented using percentages on each item of the questionnaire to determine if pre-vocational training students were aware of occupational survival skills and skills needed for job placement and employment continuation.
Results/Conclusions
Differences between subjects responses to awareness to occupational survival skills and skills needed for job placement and employment continuation were consistent and increased progressively at each grade level in a positive direction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:auctr.edu/oai:digitalcommons.auctr.edu:dissertations-4286 |
| Date | 01 August 1979 |
| Creators | Perry, Nettie B. Johnson |
| Publisher | DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center |
| Source Sets | Atlanta University Center |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library |
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