Dreaming of College Versus Going to College: Expectations and Enrollment Among Autistic Students

2021 ◽  
pp. 074193252110460
Author(s):  
Hyejung Kim ◽  
Diana Baker
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
General Education ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
College Education ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
General Education Curriculum ◽  
Enrollment Patterns ◽  
College Bound Students

This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Study 2 to examine relationships between expectations about college education and enrollment patterns among students on the autism spectrum. Results reveal that although more than half of the students reported that they were likely to attend college, among their individualized education programs, only 44% listed postsecondary education as a primary transition goal, and just a third of parents reported expecting that their children would pursue a college education. Furthermore, parental expectations were predicted by cognitive ability, home language, access to the general education curriculum, psychological services, and occupational therapy, while actual enrollment patterns were predicted by a different set of variables: cognitive ability, self-care skills, household responsibilities, conversational skills, access to the general education curriculum, occupational therapy, assistive technology, parent-teacher meetings for postsecondary goal planning, and proportion of White students in school. The predictive patterns suggest practical implications for college-bound students on the spectrum.

Innovations in Classroom Technology for Students with Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Boyle ◽  
Michael J. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Performance Feedback ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Emotional Behavior ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Inclusion Classrooms ◽  
General Education Curriculum ◽  
High Incidence Disabilities ◽  
General Education Classrooms

Students with high-incidence disabilities (e.g., learning disabilities, emotional behavior disorders, and autism spectrum disorders) often receive most of their education in general education classrooms. Once in these classrooms, students with disabilities are expected to learn from the general education curriculum. For students with disabilities participating in general education and inclusion classrooms, technology offers an opportunity for them to be active participants in classroom activities and to make meaningful progress in the general education curriculum. The articles presented in this special issue illustrate how technology can help students with disabilities to become active participants in general education classrooms. The technologies described in the articles were developed as research-to-practice pieces so that practitioners can integrate the technology into their classrooms. This issue focuses on two themes: (a) technology to support student learning in inclusive or general education classrooms and (b) technology to promote student engagement and enhance performance feedback of teachers.

Incorporating the Expanded Core Curriculum into science

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110293
Author(s):  
Ying-Ting Chiu ◽  
Tiffany Wild
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Next Generation Science Standards ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Science Standards ◽  
General Education Curriculum ◽  
Science Curricula ◽  
Expanded Core Curriculum

The Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC) is a set of concepts and skills that are taught to students with visual impairments to support their learning that often occurs incidentally with vision. Students with visual impairments must learn both the ECC and content from the general education curriculum, including science. Thus, it is crucial to incorporate these two sets of curricula so that students with visual impairments can learn both sets of curricula more efficiently. This article presents an analysis of science curricula and lesson plans that support the Next Generation Science Standards while promoting teaching skills to students with visual impairments in the ECC. The results show that the ECC can be incorporated into science easily which will allow the ECC and science to be taught in one lesson.

scholarly journals A Study on the Development of Evaluation Criteria for Quality Management of General Education Curriculum

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 309-324
Author(s):  
Jihye Kang ◽  
Bok-Eun Son
Keyword(s):  
Quality Management ◽  
General Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Evaluation Model ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Systematic Evaluation ◽  
Education Curriculum ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
General Education Curriculum

This study was conducted to develop evaluation criteria to manage and improve the quality of the university's General Education curriculum. To this end, the evaluation area and evaluation criteria for the management of the quality of education were first derived through literature research. The evaluation tool obtained feasibility of feasibility verification and research results through two revised Delphi surveys (N=10). as well as through meetings with practitioners(N=7) in charge of quality management of the liberal curriculum. The results are as follows. First, this study developed a systematic evaluation criteria for the entire curriculum, such as curriculum development, support, operation, performance and improvement, rather than fragmenting the curriculum based on the CIPP evaluation model. Second, this study applied modified Delphi techniques to manage the quality of the General Education curriculum to derive a total of seven sub-items and 17 evaluation criteria. Also, the content feasibility (CVI) and inter-evaluator agreement(IRA) results developed evaluation criteria with a validity score above 0.80. Based on these findings, the university presented measures and implications for managing the quality of the liberal arts curriculum.

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