scholarly journals Disability in the Perception of Technology among University Students

Comunicar ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (40) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ainara Zubillaga-del-Río ◽  
Carmen Alba-Pastor
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Accessibility Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gathering Data ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

There is a widespread discourse across academic and scientific literature extolling the benefits of technology as an element of the educational process for people with disabilities that is based on many assumptions and implicit claims related to «the education, disability and technology» triangle. Although these assumptions and claims have a rationale, too often they have been considered valid, and therefore guide educational practice, without having previously undergone any process of scientific research that supports and justifies them. In this context, and in order to analyse one of these theoretical premises, this study aims to establish, firstly, whether the disability is involved in the process of giving meaning to technology and, secondly, to what extent the impact of disability is a differentiating factor in the perception and use of technology as an educational element. After gathering data from questionnaires completed by university students (28 with disabilities and 109 without), the results allowed us to establish two main conclusions. The first one shows that the most valuable dimension of technology as a teaching tool is its use as a tool for curriculum access and participation. As for the second, related to the perception of accessibility issues, it paradoxically revealed that students with disabilities find the use of technology easier than their peers without disabilities. Existe un discurso generalizado en la literatura científica sobre las bondades de las tecnologías como elemento del proceso educativo de personas con discapacidad. Dicho discurso está basado en muchas premisas y afirmaciones implícitas vinculadas al triángulo educación, discapacidad y tecnología que, si bien tienen base lógica, se han dado en muchas ocasiones por válidas y orientan la práctica educativa sin haber sido sometidas a ningún proceso de investigación científica que las avale. En este contexto y con el objeto de contrastar una de dichas premisas teóricas, este estudio tiene como objetivo establecer si la discapacidad interviene en el proceso de atribuciones subjetivas de las tecnologías y en qué medida constituye un factor de diferenciación en la percepción y aprovechamiento de las mismas como elemento didáctico. Los resultados del trabajo, a partir de la información recogida en cuestionarios a estudiantes universitarios (28 con discapacidad y 109 sin discapacidad), permiten establecer dos líneas principales de conclusiones. La primera de ellas evidencia que la dimensión más valorada de la tecnología como herramienta didáctica es su uso como instrumento de acceso y participación en el currículum. Y la segunda, relacionada con la percepción de los problemas de accesibilidad, paradójicamente, pone de manifiesto que los estudiantes con discapacidad manifiestan tener menos obstáculos en el uso de las tecnologías que sus compañeros sin discapacidad.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSVERSAL SKILLS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL (CLASSES 1-3): CONTEXT OF LIFELONG LEARNING

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 468-480
Author(s):  
Ivita Pelnēna ◽  
Arturs Medveckis
Keyword(s):  
Education Reform ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Skills Acquisition ◽  
Guided Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Creativity And Innovation

The primary task of the 21st century education is not anymore to transfer continuous information, but the skill to acquire independently and learn this knowledge during lifetime. In the future, the development of transversal skills plays an important role in the educational process. Transversal skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving, creativity and innovation, self-guided learning, cooperation, civic participation and digital literacy, are raised in the framework of Education Reform in Latvia (Skola 2030, 2017). The beginning of the learning process during the stage of primary school is an essential step in transversal skills acquisition, particularly emphasizing the impact of the Classes 1-3 stage, on the further learning process. According to the outcomes determined in the standard of primary education to be achieved, it is necessary to develop significantly transversal skills in this stage, as well as observe carefully the changes in children’s age development that affect the possibilities of transversal skills development.The goal of the research:  analyse the development of transversal skills in primary school (Classes 1-3).Research method: content analysis of the education content regulating documents and scientific literature. 

White Student Comfort and Conflict in Experiential Racial Dialogues

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-263
Author(s):  
Kelly Maxwell ◽  
Mark Chesler
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
White Students ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
White Student ◽  
Racial Experiences ◽  
White Culture ◽  
The Impact

Background: White students are both curious and sometimes apprehensive about engaging in dialogues about race. Purpose: We investigate white university students’ experience of comfort and conflict in racial interaction in inter- and intragroup dialogues. Methodology/Approach: We analyzed student papers written at the beginning and end of the dialogue as well as their post-semester interviews, for their hopes/fears, classroom racial experiences, and learnings. Findings/Conclusions: White students in two types of semester-long dialogue courses reported issues of relative comfort and conflict as they explored their own and others’ racial histories and outlooks. They reported feeling safer in the white-only (intragroup) dialogues, as they learned about white culture and privilege; they also lamented not having racialized “others” to learn from. White students in the interracial (intergroup) dialogues often reported more discomfort, risk, and tension, as they learned about the impact of white culture and privilege on students of color, as well as about racism as a white problem. Implications: We draw implications for educational practice that include dissonance and conflict as stimuli for student learning and the use of experienced-based pedagogical techniques that encourage student sharing, critical reflection on narratives and encounters, and mutual participation.

scholarly journals Substantiation of the Impact of Fitball Gymnastics and Fitness Yoga Activities on the Health Level of University Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 206-213
Author(s):  
E.K. Gilfanova ◽  
T.B. Gorbatenko ◽  
O.Yu. Sharova
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
First Year ◽  
Recreational Facilities ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Health Level ◽  
Pedagogical Research ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the possibility of using non-traditional recreational facilities in the educational process with university students. The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of the developed methodology for fitball gymnastics and fitness yoga on the health level of students. To achieve the goal, the following tasks were set: theoretically substantiate the proposed methodology of classes; identify and conduct a comparative analysis of adaptive potential according to the method of R.M. Baevsky and the level of the functional state of first-year students during an experimental study. Scientific novelty lies in the expansion of theoretical and practical approaches to physical education at the university. The positive impact of the proposed teaching methods on the level of functional readiness of first-year students is substantiated and experimentally proved. To improve the methodology, a set of methods was used: analysis of scientific and methodological literature, the method of pedagogical research, pedagogical experiment, methods of mathematical statistics.

scholarly journals DESARROLLO VOCACIONAL Y FACTORES QUE INFLUYERON EN LA ELECCIÓN VOCACIONAL EN PERSONAS DISCAPACITADAS CON ESTUDIOS UNIVERSITARIOS INSERTADAS LABORALMENTE

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 539
Author(s):  
José Manuel Martínez Vicente ◽  
María Ángeles Segura García ◽  
Isabel García Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
University Students ◽  
University Graduates ◽  
Vocational Development ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Abstract:The characteristics and factors of vocational behaviour which have an impact on non-disabled university students are relatively well-known (Rocabert and Martínez-Vicente, 2011). However, the vocational development and advancement of disabled university students is less well-known. The aim of this paper was to study the vocational advancement and the factors of choice of disabled university graduates in employment taking into account gender differences. For this purpose the Cuestionario de Biodatos Universitarios (CBU) by Rocabert and Martínez-Vicente (2011) and the Inventario de Factores Vocacionales by Rivas and Pascual (2003) were given to a sample of 30 disabled university graduates (average age, 32.8 years; standard deviation, 9.2 years). The results showed that psychogenic factors heavily conditioned the vocational behaviour of both sexes. They also showed that the impact of sociogenic factors linked to external and stereotyped influences is more significant in women.Keywords: Vocational development and advancement, factors of choice, disability, gender.Resumen:Si bien son conocidas las características y factores de la conducta vocacional que influyen en los estudiantes universitarios sin discapacidad (Rocabert y Martínez-Vicente, 2011) se conocen en menor medida las características vocacionales de los estudiantes universitarios con algún tipo de discapacidad. Es por ello que el objetivo de este estudio fue analizar las características del desarrollo vocacional y de los factores de elección de personas discapacitadas con titulación universitaria e insertada laboralmente comprobando si existen diferencias debido al sexo. Para ello fueron aplicados el Cuestionario de Biodatos Universitarios (CBU) de Rocabert y Martínez-Vicente (2011) y el Inventario de factores vocacionales de Rivas y Pascual (2003), a una muestra de 30 personas con discapacidad con estudios universitarios e insertadas laboralmente de una edad media de 32,8 años y una desviación típica de 9,2. Los resultados confirmaron que los factores de carácter psicogénico dominaron y modularon la conducta vocacional en ambos géneros. Por otra parte se constató una mayor influencia en las mujeres de factores de carácter sociogénico asociados a influencias externas y estereotipadas.Palabras claves: Desarrollo vocacional, factores de elección, discapacidad, género.

scholarly journals Redes Personales de Estudiantes con Discapacidad en la Universidad

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
AnaBel Moriña Díez ◽  
Carmen Márquez Vázquez ◽  
Encarnación Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Know How ◽  
The Family ◽  
Main Support ◽  
The University ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

En este artículo se analizan las redes personales de estudiantes universitarios españoles con discapacidad. El propósito fue realizar un análisis de sus redes personales para conocer cómo éstas contribuían al acceso y permanencia en la universidad. Para construir las redes de los estudiantes se realizaron entrevistas semiestructuradas en profundidad y nos apoyamos en Ucinet y Netdraw para su representación. Los resultados fueron organizados en dos apartados: tamaño y composición de las redes personales e identificación de personas o estructuras que facilitan u obstaculizan las trayectorias universitarias. En las conclusiones se plantea que, para estos estudiantes, contar con redes informales fue fundamental, siendo la familia el principal apoyo. This article analyzes the personal networks of university students with disabilities. The purpose was to analyze their personal networks to know how they contributed to the access and permanence at university of these students. In order to build student networks, we carried out in-depth semi-structured and we relied on Ucinet and Netdraw for their representation. The results were organized in two parts: size and composition of the personal networks of the students; and people who facilitate or obstruct the university trajectories. In the conclusions we suggested that, since other university structures did not respond to the needs of these students, considering the family as the main support.

scholarly journals The Attitudes of Science and Mathematics Teachers toward the Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in their Educational Practice: The Application of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
Habis Saad Al-zboon ◽  
Almothana M Gasaymeh ◽  
Mohammed S Al-Rsa'i
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Mathematics Teachers ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Unified Theory ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Science And Mathematics Teachers

This research aims to identify science and mathematics teachers’ attitudes towards integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in their educational practice through applying the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). A questionnaire instrument was developed based on the constructs of the UTAUT (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions) and attitudes scale. The study sample consisted of a group of mathematics and science teachers in governorate of Ma’an. The participants were randomly selected. Descriptive and regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The results showed the attitudes of science and mathematics teachers towards integrating information and communication technology in the educational process were high and positive. In addition, the results showed that science and mathematics teachers had positive and high perceptions of integrating information and communication technology in the educational process in all dimensions (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions). Furthermore, the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology was valid in explaining the attitudes of Science and Mathematics teachers toward the integration of ICT in the in their educational practice.

POWER RELATIONS OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND THEIR TRANSFORMATION IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE LEARNING PARADIGM

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Jurgita Lenkauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Power Relations ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Educational Practice ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Learning Paradigm ◽  
Critical Thought ◽  
Teaching Paradigm ◽  
Written Reflection

The article deals with the problems of the power relations of the participants of the educational process. In the educational process, power is usually demonstrated not directly, but it is expressed employing rituals, rules, subtle control mechanisms, etc. Traditional teaching forms and methods, focused on the transferring of knowledge, help to maintain hierarchical relations in the educational process. The scientists (Duoblienė, 2009) notice that it is not possible to avoid power relations, but they can be reflected on. In the context of education, it foresees the perspective of the change in critical thought and power relations. The shift from the teaching paradigm to the learning paradigm is related to the possibility to recognize the expression of power relations and replace the traditional educational practice with a new one, that reflects the activity and equality of all the participants of the educational process. The aim of the research is to reveal the expression of power relations of the participants of the educational process and reflect on the situation of their transformation that occurs in the perspective of the learning paradigm. Problem questions: How do power relations manifest themselves in the educational process? How do they change while moving from the teaching paradigm to the learning paradigm? The methods of the analysis of scientific literature and written reflection by pedagogues have been applied in the research. The analysis of scientific literature presupposed the possibility to reveal the expression of power relations of the participants of the educational process, the implicit character of power relations and the situation of their change in the perspective of the learning paradigm. Written reflection by pedagogues reveals their efforts of critical thinking recognizing power relations in the context of their professional activity, analysing the causes of these relations and the potential of their change.

Educational suppport for university students with hearing impairments in public universities of the Silesian urban area (preliminary report: pilot study)

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-29
Author(s):  
Anna Zwierzchowska ◽  
Jacek Szołtysek
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
University Students ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Exclusion Criterion ◽  
Hearing Impairments ◽  
Higher Education Act ◽  
Education Act ◽  
Legal Barriers

Initiatives have been undertaken in Europe in order to increase the number of university students and graduates. Initiatives have been made undertaken in Europe in order to increase the number of university students and graduates from higher education institutions. Each country emphasizes different aspects of the problem. However, it is common to stress the need for the higher number of university students from “non-traditional” environments, and from the standpoint of both European and world universalism, the environment of the deaf should be considered as such. Study aim: The aim of the study was to evaluate adjustments made at universities to aid the educational process of people with hearing impairments in comparison to adjustments introduced for other forms of disability. The study was based on a diagnostic survey. The exclusion criterion concerned only the universities that did not agree to participate and/or had never educated students with disabilities. The results of the study did not support the research thesis showing that the profile of a university is a significant factor of choice for people with hearing impairments. It was demonstrated that the number of deaf university students is decreasing with time despite statutory deregulation which involved a removal of certain legal barriers. The amendment to the Higher Education Act eliminated legal barriers, but the universities are challenged with the implementation of the regulations in the academic practice.

Mentoring college students with disabilities: experiences of the mentors

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashleigh Hillier ◽  
Jody Goldstein ◽  
Lauren Tornatore ◽  
Emily Byrne ◽  
Joseph Ryan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Student Mentors ◽  
Students With A Disability ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to better understand the impact of peer mentoring on mentors working with university students with a disability. Research questions focused on how undergraduate student mentors evaluated their experience as a mentor, in what ways they benefited, the challenges they experienced and how these challenges could be addressed. Design/methodology/approach Quantitative and qualitative data examined the experiences, benefits and challenges experienced by the mentors across seven separate cohorts. Self-report measures were collected in a pre-post design, and qualitative analysis was conducted on focus groups at the end of the program. The paper also outlines the program model including training and support mechanisms, and the program curriculum implemented by mentors. Findings Responses on the measures showed that student mentors saw mentoring as a positive experience, and they felt more committed to their university after participating. Qualitative content analysis of focus groups supported this and also highlighted some of the unique challenges faced by mentors working with students with a disability. These included communication difficulties, trouble building rapport, not knowing how to help their mentee and feeling over-protective. Research limitations/implications While the findings are preliminary, results indicated that serving as a mentor to freshmen university students with a disability had an important impact on the personal growth and skills development of the mentors. In addition, similar program models should recognize that careful attention is needed to ensure mentors are fully supported in their role. Findings also highlight areas for improvement of the program such as examining longer term outcomes, including a comparison group, and seeking the perspectives of the mentees. Limitations included limited standardized assessment tools to assess impact more broadly. Originality/value The study is original in its focus on improving current understanding of outcomes for student mentors who are working with incoming university students with a disability status.

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