Experiences of Disabled Students in South Africa: Extending the Thinking behind Disability Support

Autor/in	Matshedisho, K. R.
Titel	Experiences of Disabled Students in South Africa: Extending the Thinking behind Disability Support
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Higher Education, 24 (2010) 5, S.730-744 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1011-3487
Schlagwörter	Models; Disabilities; Foreign Countries; Educational Experience; Educational Policy; Intervention; Higher Education; Costs; Teacher Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Access to Education; Academic Accommodations (Disabilities); South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Analogiemodell; Handicap; Behinderung; Ausland; Bildungserfahrung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Cost; Kosten; Lehrerverhalten; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article argues that even though the experiences of disabled students have programmatic implications, their needs should not be isolated from other students'. Instead they should be understood as part of the student life cycle within the pluralistic paradigm of education. In demonstrating the argument this article will: (a) outline some of the literature on experiences of disabled students, (b) outline findings on the experiences of disabled students in some South African higher education institutions; (c) contextualise the findings by explaining the pluralistic paradigm of education and describing the policy framework; and (d) use the idea of the student life cycle and the pluralist paradigm of education to suggest a complementary and extended thinking to the programmatic model of intervention. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10