scholarly journals And this is the end of the story: raccontare per includere

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Di Sabato
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Narrative Writing ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Writing Project ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Learning Practices ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
The Disabled

This study on inclusion and narrative writing stems from a recent classroom experience with English L2 students at postgraduate level. The presence in the class of two students with special needs meant that a revision of the previously established syllabus had to be carried out in order to cater for the following exigencies: the need to create activities which the disabled students could carry out on a par with their colleagues and without any undue stress or pressure; the need to create a welcoming, inclusive environment in which all students could collaborate and feel part of a whole; the need to find suitable learning practices and associated assessment tools. The idea of setting up a creative writing project emerged both as a response to these needs and as a desire to regain the ancestral value of narration as a tool for the building and transmission of knowledge. In the following pages a detailed account of this ‘vision’ of inclusion and narration through creative writing will be provided, together with samples taken from the students’ production and a final reflection on the results obtained.

scholarly journals Racconto e inclusione in contesto edulinguistico

EL LE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Di Sabato
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Classroom Experience ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Writing Project ◽  
Transmission Of Knowledge ◽  
Learning Path ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
The Disabled

The following pages report on a classroom experience with English L2 students at postgraduate level. The idea of setting up a creative writing project emerged as a response to the need to create a welcoming, inclusive environment in which all students could collaborate and feel part of a whole. The key was the ancestral value of narration as a tool for the building and transmission of knowledge which allowed to create activities which the disabled students could carry out on a par with their colleagues and without any undue stress or pressure. After a review of the founding concepts of inclusion and creative writing, a description of the learning path will follow, as well as a critical reflection on the results obtained.

scholarly journals PERSEPSI MAHASISWA BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS TERHADAP BLENDED LEARNING DALAM PENGAJARAN BAHASA INGGRIS

Vidya Karya ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Dini Noor Arini
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Special Needs ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
English Class ◽  
The Disabled

Abstract. This research investigated the perceptions of disabled students in joining the blended learning of English course as an obligatory subject. The subjects of this research are 9 disable students with various disabilities who join the English class. This research uses is interview and questionnaires as instruments. From the findings it can be concluded that the disabled students or students with special need has positive perception toward blended learning. They believe that it is helpful and make them easier to learn foreign language. It is also shown that they are eager to use the blended learning despite of their special needs. It is suggested to teachers who teach disabled students to use blended learning since it helps them to be autonomous learners.  Keywords: Blended learning, disable students, English course Abstrak. Penelitian ini bertujuan menginvestigasi persepsi mahasiswa berkebutuhan khusus dalam mengikuti pembelajaran inklusi mata kuliah bahasa Inggris sebagai mata kuliah wajib. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 9 mahasiswa difabel dengan berbagai kebutuhan khusus yang mengikuti kelas bahasa Inggris. Penelitian ini menggunakan wawancara dan kuesioner sebagai instrumen. Dari temuan tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa mahasiswa berkebutuhan khusus memiliki persepsi positif terhadap blended learning. Mereka percaya bahwa hal tersebut dapat membantu dan membuat mereka lebih mudah untuk belajar bahasa asing. Hal ini juga menunjukkan bahwa mereka ingin menggunakan blended learning meskipun mereka memliki keterbatasan dalam hal fisik. Disarankan kepada dosen yang mengajar mahasiswa berkebutuhan khusus untuk menggunakan blended learning karena dapat membantu mereka menjadi pembelajar yang mandiri.  Kata kunci: Blended learning, mahasiswa berkebutuhan khusus, kursus bahasa Inggris

scholarly journals Universal Design for Learning to Support Access to the General Education Curriculum for Students with Intellectual Disabilities

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adnan Nasser Al Hazmi ◽  
Aznan Che Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Intellectually Disabled ◽  
Students With Special Needs ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Learning Abilities ◽  
General Education Curriculum ◽  
Design For Learning

The issue concerned with enhancing support to the intellectually disabled students for enabling them to access thegeneral education has gained significant importance in the recent years all over the world. The intellectually disabledstudents suffer from neurodevelopmental disorders that acts as a barrier to the normal functioning of the brain andslow down the learning abilities and proper development of an individual. The presence of intellectual disabilitiesaffects both the mental and physical well-being of the students by causing issues for them to understand, thinklogically, speak, remembering things, and find solutions to the problems. Many research studies are conducted acrossthe world for finding the ways and designing innovative models that can help in increasing the access to generaleducation for these students with special needs. The universal design for learning framework also aims at providingsupport to the intellectually disabled students for gaining access to general education by enhancing their intellectualfunctioning and ability to adapt.

Accessibility Implementation for Disabled Students in PMBOLD Environments

2013 ◽  
pp. 1173-1195
Author(s):  
Henry C. Alphin
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effective ◽  
Disability Services ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Cost Effective Approach ◽  
Institutional Researchers ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Individual

Project management theory provides an organized, cost-effective approach to providing an accessible e-learning environment. Such a collaborative project has the opportunity to bring together such professionals as instructional designers, disability services staff, and institutional researchers. Accessibility as an afterthought is a costly approach, and disabled students are a large enough minority to seek equality of opportunity. E-learning accessibility empowers the individual by providing educational content in formats that not only encourage collaboration and learning, but also reduce frustration and develop a sense of inclusiveness. A project manager who understands the importance of e-learning accessibility will be able to grow the project from the ground up in a manner that empowers the disabled, while benefiting all learners.

scholarly journals Gender inequality and disabled inclusivity in accounting higher education and the accounting profession during financial crises

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 335-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suman Lodh ◽  
Monomita Nandy
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Accounting Profession ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Accounting Professionals ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
And Gender

In this article, the authors find that, during financial crises, the wage gap between female and male accounting professionals declines and gender inequality in higher education is affected. In addition, less support and lower wages for disabled accounting professionals demotivate disabled students in accounting higher education. Because of budget cuts during financial crises, universities limit their support to women and the disabled. The authors consider 104 universities from the database of the United Kingdom’s Higher Education Statistics Agency for 2005–2011. Their theoretical and empirical findings establish that there was a growth in female students and a decline in disabled accounting students during the recent financial crisis. The established link between the higher education and the accounting profession enriches the accounting literature and may help policymakers to identifying better ways of enhancing equality and the inclusion of disabled students in accounting higher education to address inequality and non-inclusivity in the profession, especially during periods of financial crisis.

scholarly journals Contemporary Social Theory as a Tool to Understand the Experiences of Disabled Students in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Jonathan Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Jacques Derrida ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Deleuze And Guattari ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Contemporary Social Theory

This is a conceptual article which seeks to consider the use of contemporary social theory to help understand the experience of disabled students in higher education. The use of social theoretical insights has been criticised by many as demonstrating a lack of engagement with the everyday experiences of disabled people. Work which strives to embed theoretical insights into the study of disability has also been criticised for lacking engagement with the ‘reality’ of impairment. In this article I intend to address some of these criticisms by suggesting some ways in which the use of contemporary social theory may provide an explanatory tool which disentangles confusion regarding the journey undertaken by the disabled student. I will discuss how the writings of several social theorists may be helpful in making sense of disabled student journeys. I will begin by discussing why the work of Jacques Derrida can be useful in this regard. These writings will be considered alongside a debate which draws on the writings of Michel Foucault on the use of power in contemporary higher education institutions. I will critically discuss the theoretical insights of Deleuze and Guattari and their offerings on the notion of ‘becoming’. I will then critically interrogate the work of Rosi Braidotti and apply these to a re-imagining of the disabled student journey. The writings of these important theorists have been used before to explore the experiences of disabled people. However, this article is unique in that it proposes that these writings can be used to demystify the experiences of disabled students in higher education. I suggest some ways the work of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari and Braidotti enable a greater understanding of my personal student journey. I suggest that they could be used to make sense of a far wider range of student journeys. I conclude the article by offering a model which utilises some important aspects of these theoretical insights.

scholarly journals Roadblock on the Way of Disabled Students in the Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Aditi Pandey
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Locomotor Disability ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
The Disabled

The development of any nation depends on its citizens. Every citizen has their contribution to the development of a nation even the disabled person. They also have an equal rights to get a higher education. Higher education increases the chance of employability, thus, affirming dignified life for persons with disabilities. As per Census 2011, in India, out of the 121 Cr population, about 2.68 Cr persons are ‘disabled’ which is 2.21% of the total population. But it has been seen that very few of these people reach higher education. According to census 2011, 61% of the disabled children aged 5-19 years are attending an educational institution, 12% attended educational institutions earlier while 27% never attended educational institutions. That makes the author think and ask about how our higher education institutions are accessible for disabled students. How inclusive are our higher education institutions? In the light of the above-mentioned problems the present paper has discussed the education of children with special needs in higher education specifically with respect to visual impairment, hearing impairement, locomotor disability, and speech-related impairment. The discussion starts with what all kind of legal provisions and reservations which are there for them in higher education and how many are utilized and used by them. What all things are there in the new education policy for them specifically in higher education, whether their needs have been realized in detail or it has been just touched superficially and at the end, few suggestions related to all these issues have been discussed.

Modification of Student Attitudes Toward Disabled Peers

1988 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Craig Stewart
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Student Attitudes ◽  
Weight Training ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Attitudes Toward Disabled ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Training Class ◽  
General Weight ◽  
The Disabled

This study set out to determine the effects of two disabled university students on the attitudes of students in a weight training class. University students enrolled in two general weight training classes agreed to participate in this study. They were administered the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons scale at the start and finish of a university quarter (10 weeks). Two physically disabled university students agreed to be integrated into one of the classes. T tests and an analysis of covariance revealed a significant improvement in the attitudes of students who were in the weight training class with the disabled students. Implications for systematic practicum experience for majors in areas that would have future contact with disabled populations was discussed. Peer interaction appears to have a positive significant effect on the attitudes of nondisabled students toward disabled individuals.

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