Students with Intellectual Disabilities

1. Front Matter

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2. Self-Concepts of Students with Intellectual Disabilities

   • Poulomee Datta

   Pages 1-13

3. Literature Review

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   Pages 15-27

4. Theoretical Background

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   Pages 29-36

5. Methodology and Research Methods

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   Pages 37-51

6. Analysis of Stage 1 Data: Tennessee Self-Concept Questionnaire

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   Pages 53-63

7. Analysis of Stage 2 Interview Responses: Self-Concept

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   Pages 65-88

8. Discussion

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   Pages 89-97

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 99-103

10. Back Matter

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This book investigates the self-concept of the students with intellectual disabilities who were placed in specialist and mainstream educational settings in South Australia. It gains insights into what students with intellectual disabilities felt about themselves and their achievements across the different dimensions of self-concept. It is divided into two stages of execution. In Stage 1, the Tennessee Self-Concept questionnaire was administered to students with intellectual disabilities. In Stage 2, interviews were conducted with students with intellectual disabilities, their parents and teachers. These data reflected a range of viewpoints from which to examine the research questions. These findings have implications for teachers, special educators, policy makers and a range of professionals in the education and special education sector in enabling greater understanding of the problems experienced by these students and pointing to modifications and improvements in the services for these students.

• Academic Self-Concept
• Adolescents and Adults
• Family Self-Concept
• Inequalities caused by disabilities
• Self-Concept
• Self-Concept and Disabilities
• Social Self-Concept
• Students with Intellectual Disabilities

• Faculty of Education and Arts, School of Education, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia

  Poulomee Datta

Dr. Poulomee Datta is working in the capacity of a Lecturer in Special Education at the Australian Catholic University. Prior to this, she worked in diverse positions as Primary and Secondary school teacher, University Lecturer and a Research Assistant. Poulomee has successfully published in several peer reviewed international journals in her field and in additional research areas of international and sex education. She was also the recipient of the ‘Graduate Scholar Award’ and appointed as the Chairperson at the Sixth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices at the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A. (2012).

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