A Study was done in order to collect suggestion for the improvement of special education in Korea. Through a questionaire given to the teachers and administrators in special schools and special classes, opinions and suggestions were collected concerni...
A Study was done in order to collect suggestion for the improvement of special education in Korea. Through a questionaire given to the teachers and administrators in special schools and special classes, opinions and suggestions were collected concerning establishment and management of special education facilities.
The subjects of this study were 351 teachers and principals with special classes and 809 teachers in 53 special schools, the number of which is the complete enumeration of them all over the country.
The information was complied from October 15, 1979 to December 20,1979.
According to the analysis of the data collected in this study, the following suggestions were made for the improvement of the special education in Korea.
1. The existing state of the special schools.
1) At present, the number of children receiving special education is 14,159 persons(special schools;8,052 persons, special classes: 6,107 persons), bur it only represents 4.59 percent of the total number of children requiring special education in Korea.
2) The number of subjects that are presently being taught in special education schools, who have obtained special education teaching certificates, were shown to be 72% of the male teachers and 79% of the women teachers.
3) It was shown that home environment and parents' school career for children in the special schools were at the low level.
2. The teaching viewpoint of the teachers at the special schools
1) The special teachers' general point of view on the special schools was comparatively reached to the positive level.
2) There was generally such a tendency as they gave much more consideration to the life centered education than to recovering the academic achievement on the exceptional children.
3) The level of the general teachers' attitude to the special schools and the degree of the understanding was generally about at the middle.
4) In this research, it was shown that the teachers' motive to take the special schools was comporatively to be willing.
5) It was shown that the evaluation and treatment for the special teachers was at the low level of the satisfaction, and their works were too much.
6) The urgent problems in the education of the special schools was shown with the next order in the significant level; to strengthen the synthetic administrative supports, to develop and to supply the learning materials, to develop the curriculum for the special classes, and so forth.
3. The existing state of the special classes
1) At present, the number of children receiving special education in special classes is 6,107 persons.
2) The major problems with which the existing special classes are confronted, such as correct identification, reducing the number of pupils per special classes, putting in good order of the basic facilities at the special class etc. should be solved.
3) It is an urgent problem that a long-term comprehensive plan for the establishment of special classes should be set up, because their continuity and connection with each other fields have not been considered on the establishment of them.
4. The teaching viewpoint of the teacher at the special classes
1) The special teachers' general point of view on the special classes was comparatively reached to the positive level.
2) There was generally such a tendency as they gave equal consideration to receiveing the academic achivement, to the life-centered education and to the occupational education.
3) The present special classes were shown not to have the cooperative relationship with the regular classes. Also, the level of the general teachers' attitude to the special classes and the degree of the understanding was about at the middle, but it was shown that the regular children regarded the special classes as strange.
4) The teachers' motive to take the special classes was shown comparatively to be more willing than to be reluctant.
5) It was shown that the evaluation and treatment for the special teachers was at the middle level of the satisfaction, and their works were too much.
6) The urgent problems in the education of the special classes was shown with the next order in the significant level; to strengthen the synthetic administrative supports, to develop and to supply the learning materials, and so forth.
5. The teaching viewpoint of the principals at the special classes.
1) The major problem with which the existing special classes are confronted, such as correct identification, reducing the number of pupils per special classes, putting in good order of the basic facilities at the special classroom and developing a lot of special education materials etc. should be solved without delay.
2) A great consideration should be given to select a dutiful special teacher with teaching method techniques.
3) The teaching practice for the special education should be planned to convert the school subject centered program to the life and vocational education program.