Special Teaching in Higher Education : Successful Strategies for Access and Inclusion

by Powell, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780203416679
• ISBN10: 0203416678
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

The British Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (SENDA, September 2002) will have a major impact on Higher Education and Further Education provisions. This essential book addresses the learning needs of impaired and disabled students. It suggests effective responses for those designing and delivering the curriculum, discusses flexible teaching strategies and distinctive modes of learning, and gives expert insights into how individuals may learn in special ways. Leading contributors cover the whole student experience, from academic learning to social dimensions. The book is not exclusively concerned with the SENDA; it shows how to look beyond any particular impairment to the potential of the student to learn to think with clarity and critical awareness within their chosen discipline.

Table of Contents

Contributing authors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Special teaching in higher education	p. 3
The context for change	p. 17
From exclusion to inclusion: some lessons from abroad	p. 19
Communications and information technology (C&IT) for disabled students	p. 37
Visual and auditory impairments: physical disability	p. 57
Supporting deaf students in higher education	p. 59
Students with visual impairment	p. 77
Able student, disabled person: access to courses in higher education by students with physical disabilities	p. 96
Issues for pedagogy (1)	p. 112
Specific learning issues	p. 119
Students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties	p. 121
Overseas learners of English in higher education	p. 141
Students with autism and Asperger's syndrome	p. 159
Issues for pedagogy (2)	p. 177
Mental health issues	p. 183
Students with schizophrenia in higher education	p. 185
Psychiatrically vulnerable students: stress, emotional disturbance	p. 197
Issues for pedagogy (3)	p. 211
Afterword	p. 215
Index	p. 217
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