Higher education inclusivity

When the disability enriches the university

Datos Bibliográficos

ID21556089
AutoresAlvaro Mendoza Diez (0000-0002-0852-7523, Universidad de Sevilla, autor de correspondencia), Marta Sandoval Mena (0000-0003-1931-1872, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Fuensanta Carnerero (Universidad de Sevilla)
Año2020
Volumen39
Número6
Páginas1202-1216
Fecha de publicación2020-09-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaHigher Education Research & Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0729-4360 • E-ISSN: 1469-8366
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07294360.2020.1712676
OpenAlexW2999491831
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas26

This article analyses the perspectives of faculty members on disability in higher education. Their testimonies give value to the attitudes and qualities of university students with disabilities and show how they influence their professional and personal development. We carried out a qualitative study, through interviews with 119 faculty members of different fields from 10 Spanish universities, who were nominated by students with disabilities for developing inclusive pedagogy. We conducted a progressive analysis of the data using a system of categories and codes. The results describe the motivations that drove the participants to respond to the needs of students with disabilities, the personal and professional impact posed by the challenge of adjusting the teaching and learning processes, and the perceptions of the faculty members toward the contributions of these students to the university. In the conclusions section, we delve into the need of universities to embrace inclusivity. The data provided by this study reveal that disability can be a valuable asset in a university context that dissociates from the deficit lens and acknowledges that all students are important and able to learn when the attitudes and conditions are appropriate

Higher education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Perception · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Disability Education and Employment · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport · Inclusive Education and Diversity · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology