Academic Participation of Students with Disabilities at Universities

ISBN-13: 9783659941467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 152 str.

Salome Nyambura; Violet Wawire

Opis

The book explores how the learning environment influences academic participation for students with physical disabilities at universities. The aspects explored include the access to information, attitudes, effective teaching and assessment methods. Social model theory of disability is central. It explains that it is the society which disables people with disabilities. The book recommends that university administrations should promote more sensitization programmes such as seminars, sporting activities, workshops and forums in order to increase the level of awareness of the needs, aspirations and capacities of students with physical disabilities with a view to enhancing their acceptance, participation in learning activities and integration in the university communities.

O autorze

Wyclife Mose holds a Bachelor Degree in Education Science with specialization in physics and mathematics and Master's degree in Education. He is currently pursuing Ph.D.programme in Peace Studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica. Wyclife has written work on refugees, NGOs and peace, community development, disability issues in education.