Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ516158
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0885-6257
Ecological Approach and Community Education as Promoters of the Social Development of Reform School Students.
Kimonen, Eija; Nevalainen, Raimo
European Journal of Special Needs Education, v10 n3 p187-98 Oct 1995
This study examined the application of the ecological approach and community education to support the participation of 27 male students at a Finnish reform school in various leisure time activities and facilities. The students expressed needs to join in the production system, cultural system, contact system, and decision-making system of society. Implications for reform school education are drawn. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Correctional Education, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Foreign Countries, Goal Orientation, Leisure Time, Males, Residential Schools, Secondary Education, Social Development, Socialization, Special Schools, Student Attitudes, Student Development, Student Needs, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Ecological Paradigm; Finland
Note: Journal availability: Routledge, 11 New Fetter Ln., London EC4P 4EE, England.


