Getting In and Getting On? The Experiences of Young People with Visual Impairments and Hearing Impairments in Third-level Education

Young disabled people continue to be under-represented throughout further and higher education settings. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory of habitus, capital and field, this paper explores the practices of domination and oppression that have made it difficult for young people with visual impairments and hearing impairments to participate in third-level education on the same basis as non-disabled people. Twenty young people with hearing impairments and visual impairments were interviewed about their educational experiences. In addition, 31 interviews were conducted with third-level education providers, policy-makers and non-governmental organisations. This article has two aims: firstly, to critically examine the experiences of young people with hearing impairments and visual impairments in accessing and engaging with support provisions in further and higher education settings; and secondly, to identify and explore the diversity of ways in which these young people have managed and responded to the practices they have encountered. This article emphasises the journey from ability to dis-ability that young people with hearing and visual impairments experience in their quest for educational achievement. The ambiguities of “inclusion”, “widening participation” and “support” are highlighted and critiqued for their extensive failure to challenge taken-for-granted discourses.     

90后大学生就业心理障碍论析

90后大学生存在焦虑、自卑、攀高怕苦、依赖心强等就业心理障碍.这与舆论与环境的双重挤压、家长与家族的层层加压、教学与引导的双重脱节、认识与自我的多重偏差等因素有关.调适90后大学生就业心理障碍,应坚持政策导向与措施透明同在,教育引导与积极沟通并存,教学变革与措施补救并行,自我调适与全面发展结合.     

Cultural Factors in Reading

Introduction Whatisculture?Toputitsimply,culturemeansthe totalwayoflifeofaperson.Thissimpledefinitionimplies thatculturereferstothepattersofcustoms,traditions,socialhabits,values,beliefsandlanguageofasociety.As cultureissoinclusive,itincludesvirtuallyeverythingthat agroupofpeoplethink,say,doandmake.Followingthedefinitionofsociologists,theterm culturereferstothetotalpatternofbeliefs,customs,institutions,objects,andcharacterizesthelifeofhuman community.“Cultureconsistsofallthesharedproductsof …     

中专学生英语听力障碍及其对策

中专学生在英语听力训练上存在着三大障碍,即语言因素、内容因素和心理因素,针对这些问题,应培养学生养成好的“听”的习惯,注意并掌握一些听的技巧。     

All of Humanity is Here!

This article describes the personal experiences of a teacher turned counsellor developing a student counselling service in a school setting. It explores how a school seeking to become an emotional literate community enabled the development of a counselling service and a Learning Mentor programme, both of which focused on the needs of individual students. This diverse school community reflected a range of social circumstances from professional affluence to unemployment and deprivation, and it is recognized that emotional need is not confined to those from the latter. Open access to personal support enables every student to really feel that they matter. The significance of relationship is highlighted for its capacity to engender a sense of personal worth and of mattering within the community that is staff and students. Key learning from the development is explored for governors, school leadership teams and classroom teachers, and a culture of open and supportive involvement is seen as a means to enable young people to develop a sense of worth and belonging in the school community and thus in wider adult society.     

贫困大学生心理压力现况研究

目的：通过对贫困大学生的调查,了解其心理健康状况,找到除经济因素外,易引起心理障碍的因素,并积极探寻有效的教育对策。方法：本研究采用单纯随机抽样的方法抽取了潍坊医学院1-4年级贫困生300名和普通生300名。通过症状自评量表scl-90和自编量表,分析比较不同性别、年级、性格、生源地的贫困生心理健康水平,进而找到除经济因素外的易引起心理障碍的因素,以便有针对性地进行心理辅导。结果：贫困生和普通生各因子分并无统计学意义,不同性别、生源地（外省和本省）的贫困生间各因子分无统计学意义,低年级贫困生人际关系敏感因子分较高年级贫困生高,内向贫困生强迫、抑郁、恐怖因子分高于外向贫困生。结论：贫困大学生与非贫困生间的总体心理健康水平无显著差异,低年级贫困生较高年级贫困生在人际关系上更加敏感,内向的学生更易患各种心理问题。     

中国综合门户网站产业的市场结构分析

应用产业组织理论的SCP框架从市场集中度、产品差异和进入壁垒三个方面分析了中国门户网站产业的市场结构,结果显示,2009年中国门户网站产业的市场集中度很高,存在产品同质化现象,门户网站产业的进入技术壁垒比较高。因此认为,中国综合门户网站产业属于寡头垄断的市场格局。     

Hidden voices in higher education: inclusive policies and practices in social science and law classrooms

This paper pertains to a broader biographical-narrative research project which studies barriers and support as identified by students with disabilities at a Spanish University (Barriers and Support That Disabled Students Identify in the University. Project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (Dir. Dr Anabel Moriña; Ref. EDU 2010–16264, 2010–2014)). The present study focuses specifically on barriers and support identified by students with disabilities enrolled in undergraduate programmes in the Social Sciences and Law. The purpose of this paper is to analyse, from the point of view of disabled students (applying the biographic-narrative methodology), which barriers and which support this group encounters in Higher Education. To this end, findings are organised in the following categories: general institutional data; infrastructure, architectural and accessibility-related data; faculty and teaching-related data; data relating to fellow students; and suggestions for improving the university and/or university classrooms. In the Conclusions section, we return to our earlier discussion of key findings which shed some light on how the University helps or hinders learning among participants in the study. From this perspective, taking as a reference the social model of disability, we conclude that in order to be inclusive, the University needs to commit itself to adopting proactive measures that eliminate the barriers that do not permit the learning and the full participation of the students in question.     

Voices of university students with disabilities: inclusive education on the tertiary level – a reality or a distant dream?

Twenty-four university students with disabilities were interviewed about their experiences studying at Czech universities. The interviews were analysed using the grounded theory approach. The most commonly experienced barriers faced by these students were institutional barriers, attitudinal barriers, and disability-specific barriers. The types of support mentioned by the students included family support, peer support, and support provided by assistants. The participants also shared strategies they used to deal with the barriers they faced. These were assertiveness, self-determination, metacognition, efforts to ‘fit in’, optimism, and career planning. The implications for policy and universities are discussed.     

Developing an action learning way of working within a leadership context in higher education: barriers and enablers

This account of practice considers action learning within an accredited leadership course at a post-1992 university. It outlines a more individualistic approach than that envisioned by Reg Revans and questions how this technique, inherited from a Staff Development colleague, could potentially be improved.