Essays about: "Social model of disability"
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1. Regular pre-service teachers’ perception on inclusive education of students with disabilities in Vietnam.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The study investigates the perceptions of Vietnamese regular pre-service teachers on inclusive education (IE) of students with disabilities (SWD) in Vietnam by examining how pre-service teachers understand the concept of inclusive education, the primary sources of information used by pre-service teachers to acquire knowledge about inclusive education, and their perceived preparedness to include students with disabilities in regular classrooms. Theory: The charity model or Confucian philosophy, the medical model, and the social model of disability were adopted to explore the perceptions of Vietnamese regular pre-service teachers. READ MORE
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2. Role of assistive technology in enhancing perticipation of children with disabilities in basic education in Nigeria. Exploring the Perspective of Special Education Teachers
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The core objective of this study is to investigate how assistive technology can be used to facilitate access to basic education among children with disabilities in Nigeria. Drawing on teachers’ perspective, the study investigated how assistive technology facilitates children wtih disabilities inclusion and engagement with classroom learning and how assistive technology is used to solve learning problems and its challenges Theory: Social model for disability was used to explain the conceptual meaning of disabilities in this study. READ MORE
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3. BODY NORMATIVITY AND THE HYPER(IN)VISIBILITY OF ABJECT BODIES Living with Oppression in the Body Liberation Movement
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : In feminist studies that attempt to theorize embodiment, fat bodies have largely been ignored and excluded from research even though scientific knowledge on weight-based stigma and discrimination shows the importance of studying fatphobia as a system of oppression. Hence, this thesis provides an analysis on the lived experience of fat bodies in relation to body normativity and visibility politics. READ MORE
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4. The managerial journey toward inclusivity : A qualitative study of developmental opportunities in the labor market for people with disabilities
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Diversity and inclusivity in the business world has gained larger focus from media and customers over the past 60 years, however a large focus has been aimed at gender, ethnicity and race whilst other types of diversity have not been as researched. The inclusivity of people with disabilities in the regular labor market has been neglected to a large extent. READ MORE
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5. How Could an Understanding of Diverse Personalities Improve Employee Engagement?
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Organizations are today working actively with diversity management in alignment with the regulations from Riksdagen to reduce discrimination against employees based on their "Gender, transgender identity or expression, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and age". Previously most focus has been put on the surface-level attributes of diversity such as age, gender and ethnicity but more emphasis and concern should be put on the deeper-level diversities such as personality. READ MORE
