Un profilo inclusivo per il docente di sostegno in formazione: l'efficacia del corso di specializzazione dell'Ateneo di Torino

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-156
Author(s):  
Rosa Bellacicco
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teaching Strategies ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The University

Developing competences for inclusive education in future support teachers is essential to ensure that they become not only experts in interventions on students with disabilities but are prepared to face the broad challenges of the school of differences. This study examined the effectiveness of the specialization program in Special Education organised by the University of Turin (2016/17) in enhancing teachers'competences and knowledge on inclusion. The teaching strategies used during the program, which were more associated with this purpose, and the application of acquired skills in classroom were also examined. 180 teachers participated in the survey, completing a questionnaire based on the Profile of inclusive teachers (EADSNE, 2012). The results indicate that the program had positive effects, moderate-to-large, in increasing teachers' competences and knowledge on inclusion. In addition, most of the trainees was also able to implement these in schools. Regarding the teaching practices, the opportunity of dialogue with other trainees, and the teaching experience in school placements were perceived by participants as the most incisive.

University of Zululand Library and Inclusive Education: Responding to the Needs of Students with Disabilities

Mousaion ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Eneya ◽  
Dennis N. Ocholla ◽  
Bertha Janneke Mostert
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Equal Access ◽  
Disability Policy ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Education Agenda ◽  
The University

This paper investigates the University of Zululand Library’s response to the university’s inclusive education agenda with respect to the accessibility of library services to students with disabilities. This was a qualitative study within the interpretive paradigm that used Michael Oliver’s social model of disability as an underpinning theory. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from students with disabilities and library staff. In addition, physical inspection of the library building was also conducted. Data analysis was done by thematic analysis. The study reveals that the University of Zululand Library services are not inclusive. Students with disabilities struggle to access library services. They faced such challenges as inaccessibility of library services, unavailability of resources in alternative formats and assistive technologies, and the lack of a disability policy. The study also found that the library faced the following challenges in providing services for students with disabilities: limited funding, a lack of staff awareness and training, the lack of a disability policy and a lack of collaboration. Formulating regulations to enforce the implementation of disability policy and legislation, developing institutional disability policies, and providing assistive technologies are critical in ensuring the accessibility of library services to students with disabilities at the University of Zululand. Unless students with disabilities have equal access to information, the university’s inclusive education agenda will remain a distant dream. Access to academic library services is critical to the full participation of students with disabilities in education. Likewise, inclusive university education can only be realised when students with disabilities have equal access to information. This aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals and the United Nations Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities, which promote equal access to services and facilities to persons with disabilities. This paper raises awareness for both library staff and university management about the current status of library facilities and services with respect to accessibility for students with disabilities and how to address inclusiveness in library service provision.

scholarly journals Twice-Exceptional Students: Review of Implications for Special and Inclusive Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Marcin Gierczyk ◽  
Garry Hornby
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
School Experiences ◽  
Exceptional Students ◽  
Twice Exceptional ◽  
Online Databases ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Education Interventions

The purpose of this article is to review recent literature on twice-exceptional students and consider implications for their education in the context of the trend towards increased inclusive education for students with disabilities. The review focused on teachers’ experiences and perceptions and the school experiences of twice-exceptional students. Fifteen articles were reviewed, published between 2000 and 2020, selected according to a systematic protocol from two widely used online databases. Findings indicated that the implications that need to be considered were the importance of teacher preparation, the need for a continuum of special education interventions, the need for collaboration with parents and specialists, and teachers needing to focus on developing strengths as much as remediating difficulties. It was concluded that twice-exceptional students can be taught effectively in inclusive education settings as long as they are able to access appropriate strategies and programs from the fields of special education and gifted education.

scholarly journals Readiness for Training Disabled Students in Academic Staff of Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.Y. Sorokin ◽  
T.G. Lukovenko
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
The University ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Special Competence

The readiness of the teaching staff of higher educational institutions for teaching and psychological and pedagogical support of students with disabilities is being considered. We emphasize that the personnel of the educational organization need special competence to work with persons with disabilities of various nosological groups. The issues of creating an accessible environment in the university were studied, the readiness of teachers to apply special educational technologies in the training of students with disabilities, to develop teaching and methodological materials; the ability to establish pedagogically appropriate relationships with students, and provide psychological and pedagogical support in matters of personal and professional self-determination. The results show a high degree of importance of special professional competencies for inclusive education. But, at the same time, teachers assess their own level of preparedness with students with disabilities as insufficient, which allowed to determine the main areas of work.

scholarly journals Socio-Psychological Technologies to Promote the Employment of Students with Disabilities Studying at the University

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-44
Author(s):  
Elena G. Babich ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Practical Work ◽  
Creative Potential ◽  
Professional Orientation ◽  
The University ◽  
Motivation To Work

This article presents an analysis of socio-psychological technologies and practical work on the problems of motivation to work and the promotion of employment of students with disabilities and health limitations throughout their studies at the university. The author describes various technologies for accompanying students at the university, from professional orientation to employment, focusing on the most successful practices. Offers practical solutions to improve the technologies of higher inclusive education, to create equal conditions for students with disabilities and people with disabilities in realizing their creative potential, in socialization, employment and entrepreneurship, in promoting the sociopsychological adaptation of students with disabilities in labor motivation and employment throughout training at the university.

scholarly journals Teachers’ Perceptions of Inclusion in a Pilot Inclusive Education Program: Implications for Instructional Leadership

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary Y. Mngo ◽  
Agnes Y. Mngo
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Instructional Leadership ◽  
General Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Integrated Classrooms

The opinions of general education secondary school teachers in seven select schools involved in a pilot inclusive education program in the Northwest Region of Cameroon were sought. The findings reveal that most teachers in Cameroon still prefer separate special education institutions to inclusive ones. These conclusions contradict earlier research which showed that resistance to integrated classrooms was emanating from beliefs and customs. Teachers with some training on teaching students with disabilities and more experienced and highly educated teachers were more supportive of inclusive education indicating that resistance to the practice is linked to inadequate or complete lack of teachers’ preparedness. Younger, less experienced teachers with no training in special education indicated less enthusiasm regarding the benefits of inclusion, their ability to manage integrated classrooms, and teach students with disabilities. The implication of these findings for future research, institutional support systems, institutional policies, and overall instructional leadership is discussed in this article.

scholarly journals Socio-psychological barriers in higher inclusive education

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 ◽  
pp. 10012
Author(s):  
Marina Skuratovskaya ◽  
Inna Volodina ◽  
Larisa Kobrina ◽  
Nadezhda Manohina
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Independent Life ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship

Higher education is one of the conditions of independent life for disabled people, a condition of their social and labor rehabilitation. Health problems are not the only serious obstacles to vocational education. No less important are the barriers in the educational environment of the University and barriers in relationships with others. It is noted that most of the difficulties in the learning process of students with disabilities are associated with their psychological characteristics - the presence of negative experiences and attitudes, the level of self-esteem, the features of life orientations. Depending on the severity of psychological characteristics, different variants of the relationship of students with disabilities with other students are possible: from full integration to disintegration and opposition behavior. It was suggested that the nature of the relationship and especially value-semantic readiness for vocational education in higher inclusive education can largely determine the prospects of personal and professional development of students with disabilities. An empirical study of peculiarities of value orientations of students with disabilities (N = 50) and students without disabilities (N = 50) was conducted using the technique of G. N. Kuznetsova on the General self-identity, self-esteem scale of Rosenberg and test of life-meaningful orientations D. A. Leontiev.

Diversity and Inclusion and Special Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Forlin ◽  
Dianne Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
New Era ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Inclusive Approach

Special education has undergone continued transformation since societies began to provide an increasing number of specialized, segregated facilities for children with like needs during the 20th century. Since then, there has been a worldwide movement against a segregated approach and toward greater inclusion of students with disabilities into regular schools. The provision of a dual special education and regular school system, nevertheless, remains in existence, even though there has been a strong emphasis on a more inclusive approach since the latter half of the 20th century. As regular schools become more inclusive and teachers more capable of providing appropriate modifications for most students with learning needs, simultaneously there has been an increase in the number of students whose needs are so severe that schools have not been able to accommodate them. While these children and youth have special needs, they are invariably not related to an identified disability but fall more into a category of diversity. In particular, students who are excluded from schools due to severe infringements, those who are disenfranchised from school and refuse to attend, and those with severe emotional, behavioral, or mental health issues are not being serviced by the existing dual system. For these students neither existing special schools that cater to students with disabilities nor regular inclusive schools provide an appropriate education. The provision of a complementary and alternatively focused education to cater to the specific needs of these marginalized students seems to be developing to ensure sustainability of education and to prepare these new groups of students for inclusion into society upon leaving school. This tripartite approach highlights a new era in the movement toward a sustainable, inclusive education system that caters to the needs of all students and specifically those with the most challenging and diverse requirements.

Monitoring the Readiness of the Teaching Staff to Work in Inclusive Groups

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 17-22
Author(s):  
L. Il'ina
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
Monitoring Study ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The University ◽  
Methodological Difficulties

The article presents the results of monitoring the readiness of the teaching staff to work with students with disabilities in educational institutions of higher education in the Astrakhan region, Volgograd region, Republic of Adygea, Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. Information was collected by placing a questionnaire for teachers on the portal of higher inclusive education of the Russian Federation and analyzing the obtained quantitative data from General monitoring forms by region. The monitoring study confirmed the presence of a number of problematic aspects in ensuring the educational process for people with disabilities at the University: the need to develop inclusive competence of the teaching staff; the presence of psychological and methodological difficulties in organizing and conducting the educational process in inclusive academic groups; lack of sufficient knowledge about special technical means of training and skills of adaptation of educational and methodological support taking into account the educational needs of students of various nosological groups.

scholarly journals Inclusive University Classrooms the importance of faculty training

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Morgado ◽  
Noelia Melero ◽  
Víctor Molina ◽  
María Dolores Cortés-Vega
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Faculty Training ◽  
University Life ◽  
Narrative Methodology ◽  
The University ◽  
University Classrooms ◽  
Depth Interviews

The presence of students with disabilities in the universities is increasing. Faculty need to be trained in order to attend these students and with the objective to offer and inclusice education. The aim of this communication is to identify, describe and explain the barriers and aids that students with disabilities experience in university classroom. Forty four students with disabilitis participated in the research. A biographical narrative methodology was used. The university-life histories of the students were complied by making use of in-depth interviews, lifelines and photographs. Results indicate the important of faculty training in matters concerning disabilities and new technologies, informing to the faculty of the presence of students with disabilities in their classroom,  the existence of a specific service to support the faculty and the important of iimproving a positive attitude toward the disability. These results are dicussed in line with other studies. Recommendations are maded according to inclusive education and offering keys to universities to provide training plans leading to inclusive education and learning.

scholarly journals Persepsi Siswa Difabel terhadap Praktik Pendidikan Inklusif di SMA Inklusi di Yogyakarta

INKLUSI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 225
Author(s):  
Jamil Suprihatiningrum
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Single Case ◽  
System Support ◽  
Inclusive Practices ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Inclusive School

The rationale behind this study is how students with disabilities’ perception towards the inclusive education and inclusive teaching practices. As a qualitative single case study, two participants (student with hearing loss and visual impairment) were involved to give their depth explanation about inclusive practices in one secondary inclusive school in Yogyakarta. These participants were recruited by purposive technique sampling. Data were gathered by open-ended interview, documents’ analysis, and direct observation for building and learning media. Data then were analyzed using content-analysis technique. The results show students with disabilities have a positive perception towards the inclusive practices in their school. They claimed, this practice would be valuable if: the school provides learning materials in different modalities and teachers offers multiple ways in teaching. Furthermore, system support and shaping the inclusive culture is necessary to realize the inclusive education and teaching practices.[Penelitian ini mencoba untuk mengungkap persepsi siswa difabel mengenai praktik pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif di salah satu SMA Inklusi di Yogyakarta. Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah kualitatif dengan mengambil satu studi kasus yang melibatkan dua orang siswa difabel (Tuli dan tuna netra) sebagai responden melalui teknik purposive sampling. Data diungkap dengan wawancara semi terbuka, analisis dokumen dan observasi terhadap bangunan fisik dan media pembelajaran. Data kemudian dianalisis menggunakan teknik content-analysis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan siswa memiliki persepsi yang cukup baik terhadap pelaksanaan pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif. Menurut siswa, praktik pembelajaran inklusif akan lebih bermakna jika aksesibilitas terhadap materi-materi pelajaran semakin dipermudah dengan menyediakan berbagai macam sumber belajar yang bervariasi, termasuk cara guru dalam menyampaikan pelajaran perlu menggunakan berbagai metode. Selain itu, dukungan sistem dan penciptaan budaya inklusif juga harus selalu dipupuk agar warga sekolah mampu mewujudkan praktik pendidikan dan pembelajaran inklusif yang seharusnya.]

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