Behavior of students with disability during the vocational training

Abstract

Vocational training should not only prepare people for different types of work and their modalities but also for life in community in order to understand social and working relations. Therefore, it could be said that vocational training means both training for work and training for community life. The objective of presented research was examination of the behavior of students with disabilities during vocational training. The sample comprised 16 students with intellectual disability in vocational training process whose age was ranging from 16 to 19 years. For this study, we used "Scale for assessment of performance and behavior of students in the practical teaching" but in this paper we presented items which are related to behavior, such as: work discipline, commitment to carrying out the task, attitude toward the instructor, the willingness for cooperation, communication with the other students in training environment. Obtained results shows that most of the students have good appraisal in all items, but they show the best success on items related to attitude toward the instructor and willingness for cooperation.