Information on vocational training programs for the visually impaired in other countries is necessary in proposing new vocational programs to out sponsor, the Institute for the Blind and partially Sighted (IBS), in Copenhagen, Denmark. Through gathering this data from both the United States and abroad, we were able to organize, analyze, and evaluate different vocational training curriculas [sic] and educational philosophies. In further investigating these programs, various cultural implications were also uncovered. In Denmark, these methods, along with a focus group, and natural observation, aided in completing the project. Effective vocational training programs were subsequently examined and are intended to have a positive influence on the high unemployment rate among the visually impaired.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Thompson, Erin Rebecca
• Evans, Ethan Jared
• Camire, Diana

Subject

• Well-Being
• Health
• Inclusion
• Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D227I

Keyword

• Vocational education
• People with disabilities
• Equality--Social aspects

Advisor

• Ljungquist, Kent P.

Year

• 2004

Center

• Copenhagen, Denmark Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted (IBS)

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Location

• Copenhagen

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright