Special Education

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Special Education field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Special Education majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Special Education majors need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies, Service Orientation, Instructing, Social Perceptiveness, Active Learning, Coordination, Monitoring, Persuasion, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Negotiation, Systems Evaluation, Technology Design, Management of Personnel Resources, Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, Systems Analysis, Time Management, Complex Problem Solving, Operation Monitoring, Operations Analysis, Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Science, Management of Financial Resources, Programming, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Special Education majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Learning Strategies is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Writing, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Instructing, Service Orientation, Coordination, Persuasion, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Evaluation, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operation Monitoring, Mathematics, Operations Analysis, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Technology Design, Troubleshooting, Science, Operation and Control, Management of Financial Resources, Programming, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.