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dc.contributor.authorWright, Anne-Marie*
dc.date.accessioned2006-12-11T11:37:09Z
dc.date.available2006-12-11T11:37:09Z
dc.date.issued2006-02-26
dc.date.submitted2004-05
dc.identifier.citationBritish Journal of Special Education 33(1), pp. 33-39en
dc.identifier.issn0952-3383
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1467-8578.2006.00409.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/6480
dc.descriptionThis is a PDF version of an article published in British journal of special education© 2006. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.en
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the current situation for students with severe learning difficulties in general colleges of further education. Findings are presented from a critical review of the literature and a small-scale preliminary investigation which set out to explore the idea that, despite radical changes to the special school sector and to the structure and organisation of further education, provision in colleges of further education for these students is poorly focused. Students with severe learning difficulties experience provision that is, at best, circuitous and repetitive and that, at worst, leads individuals back into dependence, unemployment and social segregation. Using the outcomes of interviews and the scrutiny of inspection reports, a searching critique of current practice and an interesting set of recommendations for ways in which the situation could be radically reviewed and improved is provided.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBlackwell
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.blackwell-synergy.com
dc.subjectlearning difficulties
dc.subjectfurther education
dc.titleProvision for students with learning difficulties in general colleges of further education - have we been going round in circles?
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html.description.abstractThis article discusses the current situation for students with severe learning difficulties in general colleges of further education. Findings are presented from a critical review of the literature and a small-scale preliminary investigation which set out to explore the idea that, despite radical changes to the special school sector and to the structure and organisation of further education, provision in colleges of further education for these students is poorly focused. Students with severe learning difficulties experience provision that is, at best, circuitous and repetitive and that, at worst, leads individuals back into dependence, unemployment and social segregation. Using the outcomes of interviews and the scrutiny of inspection reports, a searching critique of current practice and an interesting set of recommendations for ways in which the situation could be radically reviewed and improved is provided.


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