A Survey on the Needs of Research on Developing Employability Skills Model for Special Education Needs Students with Learning Disabilities in Vocational Stream towards Meeting the Industry Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 156-159
Author(s):  
Saslizawati Izam ◽  
Azman Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Special Education Needs ◽  
Result Show ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Industry Needs

The unemployment issue among Special Education Needs Students with Learning Disabilities (SENSwLD) is getting worse in Malaysia. This study was conducted to identify the level of marketability SENSwLD who are Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Vokasional (SMPKV) leaver throughout Malaysia and to survey on a needs of developing the employability skills model of (SENSwLD) in vocational stream towards meeting the needs of the industry. The result show that the marketability of SENSwLD of SMPKV leaver is at a low level and they need the development of employability skills model for SENSwLD in vocational stream towards meeting the needs of industry.

Aiming at the Affective Process of Learning

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarida Lucas ◽  
Jaime Ribeiro ◽  
António Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Struggling Students ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Multiple Forms ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Education Needs ◽  
Education Needs ◽  
Affective Process

Special Education Needs refers to more than just students with learning disabilities that impair their access to and participation in education. Many others struggle each day just to stay in school, focus on lessons or make sense about what is taught. Several students face underachievement and dropout because they feel that school is outdated, uninteresting and does not fulfill their learning needs. In this paper, the authors offer a proposal, often talked about but rarely put into action to bring back struggling students to school: to use multiple forms of presenting information and expression in order to attract students that need more dynamic and broader learning strategies.

scholarly journals Employability Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities in Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas Vokasional Indahpura

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 2622-2629
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Special Education Students ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Pearson Coefficient ◽  
Strong Positive Relationship

The unemployability among special education students with learning disabilities in Malaysia is seen to be alarming. Their skills often disputed by some of the community and are considered working inefficiently. Hence, this study is conducted to identify the employability skills among the learning disabilities students in Sekolah Menengah Pendidikan Khas (SMPK) Vokasional Indahpura. This quantitative study through a survey method involved 60 of the second year learning disabilities students of SMPK Vokasional Indahpura. A set of questionnaires was adapted from the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and the General Self-Efficacy (GSE) scale to study the employability skills and self-efficacy were used as the instrument of this study. The data obtained are statistically analysed using frequency, mean, standard deviation, percentage, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson Coefficient through the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) 19.0 version. The results have shown that students employability skills and self-efficacy level are moderate. There are significant differences in the students' employability skills in terms of courses attended. However, there were no significant differences in the students' employability skills in terms of career transition. The study has identified there is a strong positive relationship between students self-efficacy and employability skills. It is concluded that special education students with learning disabilities need to improve their employability skills by continuously engaging in the entrepreneurship program, community program, self quality enhancement courses as well as training at the relevant agencies to become a better person, competitive and able to serve the country

scholarly journals The Relationship between Employability Skills and Self-Efficacy of Students With Learning Disabilities In Vocational Stream

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Fazlinda Ab Halim ◽  
Wan Hanim Nadrah Wan Muda ◽  
Saslizawati Izam
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
The Relationship

Nowadays, the unemployment among special needs students with learning disabilities is getting worse in Malaysia. Societies are always not confident of the employability skills of people with special needs, as the former do not believe that the latter could work efficiently. Since they are often associated with low self-confidence, the capabilities of people with special needs are often in doubt, and their self-efficacy is also open to question. Self-efficacy is included in the environmental factors that contribute to the degree of skilfulness. Therefore, this study aims to explore the level of employability skills and self-efficacy of students with learning disabilities, and determine the relationship between the two variables. This quantitative survey research was conducted at the Indahpura Special Education Vocational Secondary School, Kulai, Johor. About 60 students from four courses were recruited for the purposed of this study. An instrument was adapted with minor modifications from the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) to study the employability skills and The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) to study the self-efficacy. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Science Version 19.0 (SPSS 19) to obtain the frequency, mean, standard deviation, percentage and correlation between the variables. The results show that employability skills and self-efficacy of the students with special needs are at a moderate level. The findings of the study reveal that there is a strong positive relationship between self-efficacy and the student’s employability skills. In conclusion, special education students with learning disabilities have room for improving their employability skills, and they can do it through these avenues: attend entrepreneurship programmes, participate in community services, and undergo self-improvement courses as well as practical training in relevant agencies. Societies are duty-bound to provide continual guidance to the students with special needs so that they can be a useful, and competitive work force to serve the country.

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