Noticing Differences between Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Extending Agran, Snow, and Swaner's Discussion

Abstract

We were very interested in the survey conducted by Agran, Snow, and Swaner (1999) regarding secondary education teachers ’ opinions about inclusion and community based instruction (CBI). Special education teachers in this study believed that both inclusive education and CBI were effective and beneficial ways of accessing peers without disabilities and preparing students with disabilities for their adult life. Agran et al. (1999) noted that their findings were inconsistent with the position that CBI and inclusive educational practices were at odds with one another (e.g. Tashie, Jorgensen, Shapiro-Barnard, Martin, & Schuh, 1996). Although we agree that inclusion and CBI are each important components of the public education experience, we suggest that these efforts be differentiated by the age of the students. That is, we believe that there are, and should be, differences between the educational opportunities for students aged 14-18 (high school) and those over 18 (postsecondary). The respondents in the Agran et al. (1999) study were not asked to explain their opinions, nor was it certain whether these teachers considered the ages of students when reporting on social interactions and benefits. However, the authors suggested that educational programming be balanced

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 20 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.