Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.]
For many years, disabled graduates particularly with impaired hearing have been accepted as key equity group on the basis that their overall participation levels are limited to specialised education to equip them for certain type of employment. This scenario is also occurring in Malaysia with a numb...
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| author | Mohd Yusof, Norhayati Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin |
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| description | For many years, disabled graduates particularly with impaired hearing have been accepted as key equity group on the basis that their overall participation levels are limited to specialised education to equip them for certain type of employment. This scenario is also occurring in Malaysia with a number of tertiary institutions offering specialised career education including the hospitality program. The numbers of these graduates are increasing, but there are still a large number of them who are excluded from employment. What may cause for such situation is yet to be investigated. Therefore, this paper attempts to review the development of special education in Malaysia, the employability of disabled persons at global scenario, and highlighting the issues of hearing impairment graduates and their employability in Malaysia hence subsequently proposed for further investigation. |
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| spelling | uitm-195182018-02-26T03:51:35Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19518/ Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] jthca Mohd Yusof, Norhayati Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin Travel and the state. Tourism Rehabilitation centers. Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities Service industries For many years, disabled graduates particularly with impaired hearing have been accepted as key equity group on the basis that their overall participation levels are limited to specialised education to equip them for certain type of employment. This scenario is also occurring in Malaysia with a number of tertiary institutions offering specialised career education including the hospitality program. The numbers of these graduates are increasing, but there are still a large number of them who are excluded from employment. What may cause for such situation is yet to be investigated. Therefore, this paper attempts to review the development of special education in Malaysia, the employability of disabled persons at global scenario, and highlighting the issues of hearing impairment graduates and their employability in Malaysia hence subsequently proposed for further investigation. Faculty of Hotel Management and Tourism, Universti Teknologi MARA Selangor, Puncak Alam Campus 2017-09 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19518/1/AJ_NORHAYATI%20MOHD%20YUSOF%20JTHCA%2017.pdf Mohd Yusof, Norhayati and Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin (2017) Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.]. (2017) Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Tourism,_Hospitality_=26_Culinary_Arts_=28JTHCA=29.html>, 9 (2). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837 https://www.jthca.org/ |
| spellingShingle | Travel and the state. Tourism Rehabilitation centers. Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities Service industries Mohd Yusof, Norhayati Mohd Zahari, Mohd Salehuddin Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title | Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title_full | Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title_fullStr | Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title_short | Hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ Norhayati Mohd Yusof...[et al.] |
| title_sort | hearing-impaired specialized career education: does it benefit the hospitality industry?/ norhayati mohd yusof...[et al.] |
| topic | Travel and the state. Tourism Rehabilitation centers. Vocational rehabilitation. Employment of people with disabilities Service industries |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19518/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/19518/ |