The purpose of this study was to analysis of the vocational interest for students with Autism and Mental Retardation that according to male or female and a seat of learning and being in school. Total of one hundred sixty students, eighty autism and ei...
The purpose of this study was to analysis of the vocational interest for students with Autism and Mental Retardation that according to male or female and a seat of learning and being in school. Total of one hundred sixty students, eighty autism and eighty mental retarded students, were participated to analysis of the vocational interest. T-test was utilized to analysis the differences for the two parts(to male or female and a seat of learning and being in school).
The results of this study were followed.
Firstly, in the student with autism, the male autism students indicated that the best interested vocation field was laundry, food, personal service; however, the female students with autism were interested in the vocation field such as cleaning, laundry, food systematically. The middle school students with autism selected the vocation field such as cleaning, laundry, food in orderly, wher as the high school students with autism selected the best interested vocation field as laundry, food, personal services. The special school students with autism selected the vocation field as laundry, cleaning, enrichment floriculture; however, the special class students with autism selected the vocation field such as food, laundry, arrangement systematically.
Secondly, in the student with mental retarded, the male autism students indicated that the best interested vocation field was food, enrichment floriculture, personal service; however, the female students with mental retarded showed interest in the vocation field such as food, personal service, arrangement systematically. The middle school students with mental retarded selected the vocation field such as food, enrichment floriculture, personal service in orderly, wher as the high school students with mental retarded selected the best interested vocation field as food, personal services, enrichment floriculture. The special school students with mental retarded selected the vocation field as food, personal services, making work; however, the special class students with mental retarded selected the vocation field such as enrichment floriculture, food, personal services systematically.
Therefore, this study suggested that: (a) the vocational interest inventory for students with disabilities have to develop based on cultural background and educational situations in Korea; (b) the following study has to include the students with severe disabilities because this study was limited to midly autism and mental retarded students; and (c) this study was researched regardless the concepts of the test inventory, so following study has to research after teaching the concepts of the test materials.