The Knowledge Provided to Students of Secondary Special Education through School Textbooks: A Qualitative Approach

Abstract

This article refers to the knowledge provided to Secondary Special Education students, through school textbooks, distributed free of charge to students by the Greek Ministry of Education. It is noted that in Greece books are distributed free of charge in primary and secondary education. In more detail, the results of a survey conducted in all (9) of the Unified Special Vocational High Schools (special vocational secondary schools) of the Prefecture of Attica, in Athens, which bring together students of all social classes, are presented. This survey concerns 89 semi-structured interviews, in which the principals and vice-principals, teachers and special educational staff (psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, speech therapists) working in these school structures, participated. We proceeded the study and analysis of the opinions of the participants of our sample, who expressed their opinions on the knowledge provided through the school textbooks distributed in the special secondary schools.