Presentation Details

The Fourth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations

A Gender/Racial Audit of the Special Education Environment

Vicki McGinley, Lynn Spradlin.


Twenty-five graduate students from West Chester University participating in required course, Diversity within the Context of Disability, participated in a Gender/Racial audit of classrooms in the surrounding rural, urban, and suburban communities in the northeast United States. Variables such as physical environment, classroom materials, extra-curricular activities, teacher-student interactions and classroom management were surveyed and analyzed. Results from this survey audit will be presented and implications for further research will be presented.

Presenters

Vicki McGinley  (United States)
Associate Professor
Special Education Program/School of Education



Lynn Spradlin  (United States)


West Chester University


Keywords
  • Gender
  • Race
  • Disability
  • Classroom



(30 min. Conference Paper, English)