HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Adjustments to the academic process are one of the most crucial factors that enable students with special educational needs (SEN) to succeed in higher education. They can also be viewed as positive discrimination, enabling students with SEN to fully participate in their studies and achieve their edu...

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Main Authors: Živa Jakšić Ivačič, Milena Košak Babuder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEOs Ltd. 2023-01-01
Series:Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.iiass.com/pdf/IIASS-2023-art2.pdf
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description Adjustments to the academic process are one of the most crucial factors that enable students with special educational needs (SEN) to succeed in higher education. They can also be viewed as positive discrimination, enabling students with SEN to fully participate in their studies and achieve their educational goals. Students with SEN can be as successful in their studies as their peers without SEN, provided that higher-education teaching staff adjust the academic process. However, willingness to adjust in the academic process is also influenced by teachers’ attitudes toward and provision of adjustments. Research shows that the more positive higher-education teacher' attitudes toward adjustments are, the greater their willingness to adapt the academic process. In the present study, we investigated the attitudes of higher-education teaching staff involved in the teaching process at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, towards adjustments in the academic process for different groups of students with SEN. We found that higher-education teaching staff have a positive attitude towards adjustments in the academic process for all groups of students with SEN, but there is a greater reluctance to adapt the academic process for students with emotional and behavioural problems, blind and visually impaired students, and students with speech and language disorders.
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spelling doaj.art-f4a2fbdd58574995826f812b44099c6f2023-02-04T16:59:32ZengCEOs Ltd.Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences1855-05412023-01-0116https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7605644HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDSŽiva Jakšić IvačičMilena Košak BabuderAdjustments to the academic process are one of the most crucial factors that enable students with special educational needs (SEN) to succeed in higher education. They can also be viewed as positive discrimination, enabling students with SEN to fully participate in their studies and achieve their educational goals. Students with SEN can be as successful in their studies as their peers without SEN, provided that higher-education teaching staff adjust the academic process. However, willingness to adjust in the academic process is also influenced by teachers’ attitudes toward and provision of adjustments. Research shows that the more positive higher-education teacher' attitudes toward adjustments are, the greater their willingness to adapt the academic process. In the present study, we investigated the attitudes of higher-education teaching staff involved in the teaching process at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, towards adjustments in the academic process for different groups of students with SEN. We found that higher-education teaching staff have a positive attitude towards adjustments in the academic process for all groups of students with SEN, but there is a greater reluctance to adapt the academic process for students with emotional and behavioural problems, blind and visually impaired students, and students with speech and language disorders.http://www.iiass.com/pdf/IIASS-2023-art2.pdfhigher education teachers’ attitudesadjustmentstudents with special educational needsinclusion
spellingShingle Živa Jakšić Ivačič
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HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences
higher education teachers’ attitudes
adjustment
students with special educational needs
inclusion
title HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
title_full HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
title_fullStr HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
title_full_unstemmed HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
title_short HIGHER-EDUCATION TEACHING STAFF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ADJUSTMENTS OF THE ACADEMIC PROCESS FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
title_sort higher education teaching staff attitudes towards adjustments of the academic process for students with special needs
topic higher education teachers’ attitudes
adjustment
students with special educational needs
inclusion
url http://www.iiass.com/pdf/IIASS-2023-art2.pdf
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