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Autonomy (Psychology); Children with disabilities--Education (Secondary); Special education;Students with disabilities; Teachers of children with disabilities
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Teacher And Student Perceptions Of Self-Determination, Jennifer L. Black
Teacher And Student Perceptions Of Self-Determination, Jennifer L. Black
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For almost two decades, research efforts specific to self-determination have resulted in the development of curricula, assessments, instructional strategies, interventions, model programs, and proposed quality indicators (Field et al., 1998). Despite the combined efforts and perceptions of researchers, teachers, parents, employers, and college disability service providers related to these important aspects of self-determination research, limited attention has been devoted to understanding the perceptions of self-determination from secondary students with and without disabilities and their general and special education teachers.
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher and student perceptions related to self-determination. Teacher perceptions were measured with the …