Professional orientation of pupils with mild mental retardation with the use of multimedia study supports

Autor	Ing. Martin Dosedla, Ph.D.
Organisation	Masarykova Univerzita Brno, Pedagogická fakulta, obor Speciální pedagogika
Year	2013
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	The dissertation thesis deals with the topic of professional orientation of pupils with mild mental retardation from a teacher’s point of view and also deals with the possibility of use of multimedia study supports to support the further educational process of these pupils. The theoretical part describes concepts and specificity of education of pupils with mild mental retardation a principles of support of professional orientation of these pupils. In this part, possibilities of multimedia supports are also discussed. The empirical part describes the methodology of the research among teachers – guidance counsellors. The research is based on a qualitative approach using interviews. The aim of the research was to determine the characteristics of professional orientation and to determine the need of a study support for professional choice of pupils with mild mental retardation. Based on the interpretation of the results, a study support was designed and provided to teachers. The study support was tested and evaluated and a number of changes for the creation of study support in this field were proposed.
Keywords	Professional orientation, choice of further educational career, choice of job, pupil, light mental retardation, educational advicer, multimedia teaching suport, qualitative research, focus group
Research type	qualitative
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Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Email	dosedla@ped.muni.cz
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Organisation	Masarykova Univerzita Brno, Pedagogická fakulta, obor Speciální pedagogika
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