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

by Powell; Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780749436117
• ISBN10: 0749436115
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer

Summary

Addresses the learning needs of impaired and disabled students. 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. Softcover.

Table of Contents

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