Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación (Dec 2017)

Overview, in numbers, of the situation of students with specific support of educational support

  • Ana María Porto-Castro,
  • Enelina María Gerpe-Pérez,
  • María Josefa Mosteiro-García

DOI
https://doi.org/10.17979/reipe.2017.4.2.3115
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 2
pp. 142 – 150

Abstract

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This work aims to approach the latest available numbers about students with specific need for educational support in the Autonomous Galician Community and in the State. For this, a secondary data analysis is carried out, using the information source of the Statistics of non-university education. The classification variables taken as reference are: sex, students with specific educational support needs, ownership of the centers, and educational level. The data are used in a descriptive way, using tables of frequency distribution. The results show that many students with special educational needs present behavioral/personality disorders; the students with high capacities are integrated mainly in public primary schools; a higher number of pupils than of girls is incorporated late into the educational system, above all, in public centers; Learning Disorders is the specific educational need for more common educational support. Finally, it should be noted that all the cases considered are more men than women and a greater presence of students in public centers. It is also worth noting that the figures show an equal panorama in the State as a whole and in the Galician Autonomous Community.

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