Enabling University

Impairment, (Dis)ability and Social Justice in Higher Education

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Educational Reform, Higher Education
Cover of the book Enabling University by Tara Brabazon, Springer International Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Tara Brabazon ISBN: 9783319128023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: January 6, 2015
Imprint: Springer Language: English
Author: Tara Brabazon
ISBN: 9783319128023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: January 6, 2015
Imprint: Springer
Language: English

This work takes the most recent, interdisciplinary research and demonstrates how to make higher education institutions open, accessible and socially just for staff and students with disabilities. Combining the scholarly fields of media platform management, information literacy, internet studies, mobility studies and disability studies, this book offers a guide and method to consider how students and staff with differing needs move through university processes, spaces and interfaces. It captures the challenges and potentials of both the online and offline university. The key concept of the book is universal design. This term and theory is used to move beyond the medical and social model of disability that disconnect and separate the issues of disability and impairment from core societal concerns. This book confirms that most of us will be touched by impairment through our lives. When matched with the necessity to retrain and gain new skills for a post-recession future, there must be a renewed commitment to not only the widening participation agenda of higher education, but also the enabling of universities for men and women with impairments.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This work takes the most recent, interdisciplinary research and demonstrates how to make higher education institutions open, accessible and socially just for staff and students with disabilities. Combining the scholarly fields of media platform management, information literacy, internet studies, mobility studies and disability studies, this book offers a guide and method to consider how students and staff with differing needs move through university processes, spaces and interfaces. It captures the challenges and potentials of both the online and offline university. The key concept of the book is universal design. This term and theory is used to move beyond the medical and social model of disability that disconnect and separate the issues of disability and impairment from core societal concerns. This book confirms that most of us will be touched by impairment through our lives. When matched with the necessity to retrain and gain new skills for a post-recession future, there must be a renewed commitment to not only the widening participation agenda of higher education, but also the enabling of universities for men and women with impairments.

More books from Springer International Publishing

Cover of the book Computer Algebra in Scientific Computing by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Tewkesbury Walks by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics XI by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book The Essence of Turbulence as a Physical Phenomenon by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Complex Systems and Social Practices in Energy Transitions by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Tantalum and Niobium-Based Capacitors by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Energy Management in Wireless Cellular and Ad-hoc Networks by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Epistemology, Knowledge and the Impact of Interaction by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Social Network Analysis in Predictive Policing by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book The Semantic Web by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Restorative Justice in China by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book GNSS Environmental Sensing by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Introduction to Peak Oil by Tara Brabazon
Cover of the book Versatile Cybersecurity by Tara Brabazon
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy