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

by Powell; Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780749436100
• ISBN10: 0749436107
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

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. Key contents: * from exclusion to inclusion: the context; * visual, auditory and physical impairments; * specific learning issues (including dyslexia, autism and Asperger's syndrome); * mental health issues; * issues for pedagogy and practical guidance.

Table of Contents

Contributing authors	ix
Preface	xii
List of abbreviations	xv
Part one - Introduction	1	(16)
1. Special teaching in higher education	3	(14)
Stuart Powell
Part two - The context for change	17	(40)
2. From exclusion to inclusion: some lessons from abroad	19	(18)
Jeremy Cooper
3. Communications and information technology (C&IT) for disabled students	37	(20)
Martyn Cooper
Part three - Visual and auditory impairments: physical disability	57	(62)
4. Supporting deaf students in higher education	59	(18)
Joy Jarvis and Pamela Knight
5. Students with visual impairment	77	(19)
Archie W N Roy
6. Able student, disabled person: access to courses in higher education by students with physical disabilities	96	(16)
Alan V Jones and Christopher Hopkins
7. Issues for pedagogy (1)	112	(7)
Stuart Powell
Part four - Specific learning issues	119	(64)
8. Students with dyslexia and other specific learning difficulties	121	(20)
Stella Cottrell
9. Overseas learners of English in higher education	141	(18)
Tim Parke
10. Students with autism and Asperger's syndrome	159	(18)
Tim Luckett and Stuart Powell
11. Issues for pedagogy (2)	177	(6)
Stuart Powell
Part five - Mental health issues	183	(32)
12. Students with schizophrenia in higher education	185	(12)
James Wade
13. Psychiatrically vulnerable students: stress, emotional disturbance	197	(14)
Mary Davies and Caralinda Jefferies
14. Issues for pedagogy (3)	211	(4)
Stuart Powell
Afterword	215	(2)
Index	217