Date of Publication
3-21-2003
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Education Major in Special Education
Subject Categories
Special Education and Teaching
College
Br. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education
Department/Unit
Educational Leadership and Management
Thesis Adviser
Reynaldo O. Wong
Defense Panel Chair
Marikita T. Evangelista
Defense Panel Member
Myrna R. Gigantone
Lydia Valentin
Abstract/Summary
This study determines the teaching support needs of special education teachers handling children with mental retardation. Specifically, it looks into their profile such as age, gender, civil status, length of teaching experience in both regular and special education setting and their socio-economic status and extent of various teaching support services needed. How these variables are associated with teaching support need is one of the focus of the study.
It employed the descriptive method of research utilizing a researcher-derived questionnaire. It included 62 special education teachers from the Division of City Schools Manila, handling children with mental retardation.
Based on the findings the following conclusions were drawn:
1. Majority, 95% of the special education teachers handling children with mental retardation are female below sixty years old have earned masteral units in special education have teaching experience and 55% received monthly family income of 20,000 pesos and below and with regards to civil status, 68% of respondents were married.
2. The special education teachers handling children with mental retardation very much needed administrative, and government teaching support and needed suports were peer, parental and community teaching support.
3. The various teaching supports namely: administrative, peer, parental, community and government teaching support are not associated with selected personal variables.
Abstract Format
html
Language
English
Format
Electronic
Accession Number
TG03456
Shelf Location
Archives, The Learning Commons, 12F Henry Sy Sr. Hall
Physical Description
viii, 109 leaves
Keywords
Special education teachers; Teaching; Intellectual disability; People with mental disabilities; Special education
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Recommended Citation
Liu, L. (2003). Teaching support needs of special education teachers handling students with mental retardation in special education centers in Manila. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/3063
