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ERIC Number: EJ627983
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1079-3917
Importance of Parents' Expectations and Beliefs in the Educational Participation of Children with Mental Retardation in Kenya.
Mutua, N. Kagendo
Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, v36 n2 p148-59 Jun 2001
A study involving 351 Kenyan children with mental retardation found six predictors of educational participation: parents' beliefs about appropriateness of education for the child, about social acceptance of the child, about segregation, and about worthlessness of education of children with mental retardation, parents' level of education, and importance of school characteristics. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inclusive Schools, Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship, Predictor Variables, Social Attitudes, Student Participation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Kenya