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Creating, Resisting or Neglecting Change: Exploring the Complexities of Accessible Education for Students with Disabilities

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Marquis, Elizabeth, Jung, Bonny, Fudge-Schormans, Ann, Vajoczki, Susan, Wilton, Robert, Baptiste, Susan, Joshi, Anju·2012·The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

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Recent teaching and learning scholarship has documented the importance of uncovering and removing barriers to learning experienced by students with disabilities (e.g., Cook, Rumrill, & Tankersley, 2009). At the same time, in Ontario, new legislation is making this issue especially pronounced. The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA, 2005), mandates universal access for persons with disabilities, requiring the removal of barriers to their full participation in all aspects of society, including higher education. This article reports on the first phase of a larger project designed to collect qualitative data about the effects of the AODA legislation on the teaching and learning environment at one University. Building on previous work that investigates students with disabilities’ experiences of tertiary learning (e.g., Healey, Bradley, Fuller, & Hall, 2006), it reports on the results of semistructured interviews that explored the ways in which students with and without disabilities, instructors, administrators, and staff perceive the relative accessibility and inclusiveness of teaching and learning at this institution, with an eye to ultimately enhancing learning for all students. Results from this first phase suggest a number of areas in which both barriers to and facilitators of educational accessibility exist at the study University, including: attitudes; knowledge; disciplinary features; pedagogical choices; and, institutional practices. We suggest that these findings may be of relevance to others in different constituencies and contexts, and provide recommendations for enacting change related to teaching and learning accessibility and thereby improving the student learning experience. L’avancement récent des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage a permis de documenter l’importance de dévoiler et de surmonter les obstacles à l’apprentissage des étudiants ayant des incapacités (p. ex., Cook, Rumrill, & Tankersley, 2009). En même temps, en Ontario, une nouvelle loi rend ce problème particulièrement évident. La Loi de 2005 sur l’accessibilité pour les personnes handicapées de l’Ontario (LAPHO, 2005), rend obligatoire l’accès universel pour ces personnes, ce qui nécessite l’élimination des obstacles à leur pleine participation à tous les aspects de la société, y compris à l’éducation supérieure. Le présent article traite de la première phase d’un grand projet visant à recueillir des données qualitatives sur les effets de la LAPHO sur le milieu d’enseignement et d’apprentissage dans une université. Les auteurs s’inspirent des études antérieures auprès des étudiants handicapés afin d’étudier leur expérience de l’apprentissage dans un établissement d’enseignement supérieur (p. ex., Healey, Bradley, Fuller, & Hall, 2006). L’article rapporte les résultats d’entrevues semi-structurées concernant la perception qu’ont les étudiants handicapés, les autres étudiants, les professeurs, les administrateurs et le personnel de l’accessibilité relative et du caractère inclusif de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage dans cet établissement. L’objectif est d’améliorer l’apprentissage de tous les étudiants. Les résultats de cette première phase révèlent plusieurs domaines où il existe à la fois des obstacles et des éléments facilitant l’accessibilité aux études dans l’université qui participe à la recherche : les attitudes, les connaissances; les caractéristiques de la discipline; les choix pédagogiques et les pratiques institutionnelles. Les auteurs suggèrent que ces résultats sont pertinents pour différents contextes et institutions. Ils formulent des recommandations afin de procéder à des changements liés à l’accessibilité à l’enseignement et à l’apprentissage et ainsi améliorer l’apprentissage des étudiants.

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Marquis, E., Jung, B., Fudge-Schormans, A., Vajoczki, S., Wilton, R., Baptiste, S., & Joshi, A.
Affiliations
McMaster University (CA)
Venue
The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Published
2012-12-31
Volume
3
Issue
2
ISSN
1918-2902 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2003925274
Cited by
18
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3
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Language
en
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Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
Keywords
access to education, students with disabilities, higher education, inclusive pedagogy, barriers to learning, faculty attitudes, institutional practices, Ontario universities, disability law, student learning experience, faculty development, student support services

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