Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-11-30Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:33:33Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 borges_ma_me_prud.pdf: 649402 bytes, checksum: cb9548a9ac72e9b9f21bbd7bba4043a7 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa intitulada “A inclusão de alunos com deficiência em cursos presenciais de graduação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora”- UFJF- está vinculada à Linha de pesquisa Políticas Públicas, Organização Escolar e Formação de Professores do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação – Mestrado da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP- Presidente Prudente. O objetivo foi investigar a realidade escolar de estudantes com deficiência que ingressaram em cursos presenciais de graduação da UFJF. A pesquisa foi estruturada com base na abordagem qualitativa e desenvolvida a partir do estudo de caso. Contou com a participação de quinze alunos, matriculados em sete diferentes cursos de graduação. Para a coleta de dados utilizou-se um questionário e entrevistas do tipo semiestruturadas, realizadas em duas etapas. Na etapa inicial os alunos preencheram o questionário e participaram da primeira entrevista, que foi gravada. Na segunda etapa, eles receberam a primeira entrevista transcrita e procederam à leitura, realizaram as alterações que acharam pertinentes e responderam a mais três questões. Os resultados apontaram que ainda é baixo o número de aluno com deficiência na UFJF. Desse grupo todos realizaram o Ensino Básico em escolas regulares e a maioria em escolas públicas. Verificamos o predomínio de alunos com deficiência física e o maior número de estudantes do sexo feminino. Também se destacou o interesse por cursos da área de Ciências Humanas e o maior número de matrículas foi registrado no Curso de Serviço Social. Os alunos ressaltaram que a maior dificuldade encontrada no cotidiano é a ausência de algumas condições básicas e específicas, a pouca capacitação dos docentes e a falta de divulgação das atividades do setor envolvido com o processo inclusão na Universidade / The present research entitled “The inclusion of students with disabilities in graduation courses which they have to attend at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora” – UFJF – is connected to the research on Public Politics, School Management and Professors Education in the Post-graduation Program in Education – Mestrado da Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP- Presidente Prudente. The objective of this research was to investigate the school reality of students with disabilities who have entered these graduation courses at UFJF. The research was structured on the basis of the qualitative approach, which and developed from the case study. We have counted on the participation of fifteen students, registered in seven different graduation courses. For the data collection we have used a questionnaire and semistructuralized interviews, carried out in two stages. In the first stage the students filled in the questionnaire and participated of the first interview that was recorded. In the second stage, they received the interview, which had been transcribed, read it, altered some parts, and answered three more questions. The results pointed that the number of students with deficiency in UFJF is still low. All the participants of this group finished Elementary school in regular schools and the majority in public schools. We have verified the predominance of students with physical deficiency and most of them are female students. Moreover, it has been verified the interest in the Human Sciences courses, such as Social Service with the largest number of registrations. The students have stood out that the biggest daily difficulty is the lack of some basic and specified conditions, little qualification of the professors and spreading of the activities which involve the process of inclusion

The corpus of literature about disabled therapists within physiotherapy omits one important factor: the experiences of disabled physiotherapy students. Therefore, this research aimed to fill this gap by exploring the integration of disabled students into the physiotherapy profession. This participatory research sought to investigate the phenomenon from multiple perspectives to incorporate the voice of disabled students, an analysis of the policies which regulate the profession, and the opinions of representatives from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Health and Care Professions Council. In stage one of the project ten disabled physiotherapy students were recruited. These students completed narrative interviews and Kawa drawings to document their experiences. Stage two explored the available information for prospective disabled students by conducting an internet survey. Finally in stage three, the policies of the Health and Care Professions Council and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy were examined for ableist language and then two representatives from each organisation were interviewed about the integration of disabled students. The data collected were analysed by critical narrative analysis with the student participants contributing to the generation of categories and themes. Further analysis was conducted using Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice and the SEAwall model of discrimination. My research has identified two paradoxes that affect the integration of disabled students. Firstly, the paradox of the perfect physiotherapist, applied via a narrow physiotherapy corporeal standard, which particularly limits access for people with physical impairments. Secondly, the paradox of supporting students whilst maintaining qualification standards. Again this limits access for disabled students, particularly when fitness to practise standards are applied during the admission process. These competing imperatives create a dilemma for disabled students around disclosing their disability status. This dilemma will only be solved by reducing discrimination at all levels of the system. However, in order to achieve this change, disabled physiotherapists and students will need to adopt a more affirmative orientation to disability to act as facilitators of change within the profession.

This study examined Texas high school principals' attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. School leaders today face increasing demands with the revised state accountability system. For example, students with disabilities are required to take the Texas Assessment Knowledge and Skills Test (TAKS) and on grade level. Hence, one of the strategies of schools has been to mainstream or include special education students in the regular classroom. Inclusion provides the opportunity for students with disabilities to be educated in the general education curriculum with their non-disabled peers. This study investigated the attitudes of Texas high school principals' attitudes toward the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. The principals' personal experiences, professional training, and formal training in inclusion were examined. This study was a qualitative study using survey methodology. The Principal's Inclusion Survey developed by Cindy Praisner and G.H. Stainback was distributed electronically to 1211 Texas high schools. With the permissions of Praisner and Stainback, the survey was loaded into Survey Monkey, which is a website for creation of professional online surveys. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The return rate was 395 (32.1%) overall responses. The results of the study concluded that majority of the principals agreed that inclusion of students with disabilities into the general education classroom was the best placement for the disabilities listed in the survey. However, for the more severe disabilities, the principals favored a more non-inclusive setting. Those disabilities included mental retardation and serious emotional disturbance. For the cognitive disabilities, combinations of an inclusive and non-inclusive setting were chosen. Also revealed in the study is that principals did not receive inclusion training as part of their formal education, but more emphasis was placed on special education law. The results of the survey indicated more training should be provided for principals in inclusion during their formal training.

With the increase of students with disabilities attending post secondary education, it is important to have an understanding of how satisfied a student with a disability is with college. At present, the research on college satisfaction focuses on specific variables and how the specific variables moderate or mediate college satisfaction; however, there is limited research in the area of college satisfaction and students with disabilities. To address the current gap in research, the purpose of the current study was to address if there was a difference in overall satisfaction in students with a disability compared to students without a disability. Further, analysis of group differences in relation to domain scores was conducted, and how variables such as entrance status, gender, ethnicity, ACT scores, and grade point average mediate college satisfaction for students with disabilities. Additionally, it was important to examine the relationship between disability status and overall satisfaction, as well as examine the relationship of the 4 domains (e.g. Instruction and Life Skills, Quality of Student Services, and Quality of Undergraduate Experience) and overall satisfaction. Survey data were collected from 2009-2014 Undergraduate Survey from the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness at a university in the southeastern United States. The results indicated a statistically significant difference between students with disabilities and students without disabilities in regards to perceptions of services provided, and undergraduate experience. Specifically, individual with disabilities are more satisfied in the area of services provided compared to students without disabilities, while students without disabilities are more satisfied with their undergraduate experience compared to students with disabilities. Further, numerous relationships were found between variables such as gender, ethnicity, entrance status, academic proficiency, and overall satisfaction. Lastly, instructional and life skills, quality of student services, quality of academic advising, and quality of undergraduate experience scores load onto the latent variable of overall satisfaction as hypothesized.

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The impact of co-teaching in the inclusion setting is essential to improving the academic achievement of students with disabilities. With the emergence of federal and state mandates, standards-based accountability is compelling schools to place students with disabilities in the inclusion setting to receive the same content as their nondisabled peers. This research study aimed to identify the factors impacting the effectiveness of co-teaching in the inclusion setting within K-12 schools. The research questions for this study included: What factors do co-teaching teams identify as essential for effective co-teaching? What factors do co-teachers perceive as obstacles or problems that hinder effective co-teaching? and What administrative support is needed to carry out co-teaching responsibilities effectively? The design methodology for this study was qualitative and consisted of three co-teaching teams in Virginia. Semi-structured interviews with co-teachers from model demonstration sites were used to collect data. Data analysis occurred through hand-coding of the transcribed interview questions. Model co-teaching teams identified twelve factors that impact effective co-teaching, including positive relationships, consistent behavioral expectations, defined roles and responsibilities, pairing, professional development, parity, co-teaching models, administrators' expectations, co-teaching best practices, consistent co-planning time, professional expertise, and building co-teaching capacity. The research should provide practitioners with strategies and approaches for effective co-teaching in the inclusion setting with K-12 schools. / Doctor of Education / The impact of co-teaching in the inclusion setting is essential to improving the academic achievement of students with disabilities. This study represents the researcher's effort to understand the factors that are essential for effective co-teaching in the inclusion setting with K12 schools. This research is a qualitative study, and the researcher completed interviews with three model co-teaching teams from the Virginia Department of Education Excellence in Co-teaching Initiative. Model co-teaching teams identified twelve factors that impact effective co-teaching, including positive relationships, consistent behavioral expectations, defined roles and responsibilities, pairing, professional development, parity, co-teaching models, administrators' expectations, co-teaching best practices, consistent co-planning time, professional expertise, and building co-teaching capacity. The research should provide practitioners with strategies and approaches for effective co-teaching in the inclusion setting with K-12 schools.

In order to assess the extent and quality of special education services in charter schools in north Texas, the researcher examined data submitted to Texa Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), and conducted qualitative interviews with selected charter school administrators. Five cornerstones of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): zero reject, individualized education program (IEP), appropriate assessment, free appropriate public education (FAPE), and least restrictive environment (LRE), were utilized in the assessment of quality. Levels of expertise in federal disability law and fiscal barriers were explored, as well.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-182). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.A.Ed.)--East Carolina University, 2009. / Presented to the faculty of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Advisor: Daniel Boudah. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 15, 2010). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-182). Also available on the Internet.