Secondary Options for Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Facing the Issue of Tracking.

Edgar, Eugene

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ERIC Number: EJ450116

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1992

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Secondary Options for Students with Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Facing the Issue of Tracking.

Edgar, Eugene

Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v27 n2 p101-11 Jun 1992

This paper reviews barriers to developing work study options for students with mild mental retardation. These include the debate over the existence of the entity mental retardation, the relationship of political/economic factors and schooling, the purpose and content of secondary education, and the interaction of personal values with these factors. (DB)

Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, Homogeneous Grouping, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Political Influences, Special Education, Values, Vocational Education, Work Study Programs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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