The Inclusion of Students with Visual Impairment at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Challenges and Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13090868 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Teferi Adnew Zelelew (Debre Berhan University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2331-6187 • E-ISSN: 2331-6179 |
| Publisher | Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd. (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.13189/sa.2018.060101 |
| OpenAlex | W2592709901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
Following the introduction of Special Needs Education Program Strategy that Ethiopian government developed in 2006, all public HEIs have been required to implement inclusive education as a mandatory approach when educating students with impairment, including those who are visually impaired. However, the actual implementation of an inclusive approach is being challenged by the social, political and physical circumstances of higher education institutions. Therefore, this study aimed at examining the existing challenges and prospects towards the inclusion of students with Visual Impairment (VI) in the particular context of Addis Ababa University (AAU). The study adopted an interpretive paradigm for deeper understanding of the inclusion of students with VI at AAU and informing the detailed judgments made by experts of a suggested action plan to progressively provide support for students with VI at AAU. The study also applied the critical disability paradigm as a complementary philosophical base in order to examine critically the challenges that students with VI face and to suggest ways to transform the inclusive policies and practices of AAU in favor of the students. The researcher undertook the qualitative case study and a Delphi design to address the main aim of this research (i.e., to determine how best to implement an action plan that progressively increases support for students with VI at AAU over a period of time). The action plan that comprises various support measures and the necessary resources was developed using the empirical results of this study as well as the existing findings and best practices found in the literature study. It was scrutinized and approved by a number of experts to be implemented over the next five years at AAU in order to improve the support provided to students with VI
Inclusion (mineral · Political science · Psychiatry · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Visual impairment · Education and Technology Integration · Medicine · Psychology · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Optometry
Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context
The Delphi method as a research tool
Research design
Developing inclusive schools
Researching disability and inclusive education
Supporting students with impairments in higher education
Modelling inclusive practices in postgraduate tertiary education courses
Disability studies and inclusive education — implications for theory, research, and practice
Interpreting inclusivity
The challenge of enhancing inclusive education in developing countries
Presage of a paradigm shift? Beyond the social model of disability toward resistance theories of disability
Presage of a paradigm shift? Beyond the social model of disability toward resistance theories of disability
Practical Research
Qualitative inquiry and research design
Accessing the field
Addis Ababa University
The Delphi Technique in Educational Research
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |