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The Voices of High School Students with Learning Disabilities

其他書名	Focusing on Challenges, Barriers, and Supports
出版	University of Prince Edward Island, 2018
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5gBkzgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋High school students with learning disabilities face more difficulties completing their education successfully and acquiring competent life skills compared to others without learning disabilities. In Canada, few studies have collected and analyzed the experiences of high school students with learning disabilities and none focused on those attending Prince Edward Island (PEI) high schools. This study, as the first research conducted on this topic in PEI schools, provides important and necessary data towards bridging that gap. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of a sample of PEI high school students diagnosed with learning disabilities, focusing on how their challenges, barriers, and support affect their academic and social lives. Phenomenological design guided by Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory of human learning was adopted for this study. Students with learning disabilities in this study encountered many academic challenges and barriers, such as note taking, comprehension ability, difficulties applying for post-secondary education, and enrollment in French Immersion classes. More importantly, the lack of understanding about learning disabilities as expressed by the students themselves, as well as teachers, peers, and others became apparent as the biggest academic and social barrier. Advice from these students to future students, teachers and staffs were also presented and discussed. This study provides valuable information for parents, educators, policy makers, and researchers on the supports identified as important for students with learning disabilities to be successful academically and socially in high school.