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Toward Inclusive Higher Education in a Global Context

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  • Ana María Ortiz Colón

    (Campus Las Lagunillas, Universidad de Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain)

  • Miriam Agreda Montoro

    (Campus Las Lagunillas, Universidad de Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain)

  • María Jesús Colmenero Ruiz

    (Campus Las Lagunillas, Universidad de Jaen, 23071 Jaen, Spain)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyse the perception of teaching staff at the University of Jaen regarding the integration of students with a disability, and to describe the interventions they use to respond to the specific needs of these students, to examine the differences that exist in teachers’ interventions for students with a disability based on their faculty. To this end, a descriptive methodology was used ( n =300 teachers), and the data were gathered using a Tutoring and Attention to Special Needs in the Classroom Questionnaire (TASN-Q). The results were organised in terms of the tool’s different dimensions and, in general, revealed that the teaching staff do not consider themselves sufficiently prepared to provide an educational response to students with a disability. The best-prepared teaching staff belonged to the Faculties of Social and Legal Sciences and Health Sciences. This study confirms the need for training in special needs processes to enable university teaching staff to participate in an inclusive model.

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  • Ana María Ortiz Colón & Miriam Agreda Montoro & María Jesús Colmenero Ruiz, 2018. "Toward Inclusive Higher Education in a Global Context," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-13, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:8:p:2670-:d:160782
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    1. Camelia Stăiculescu & Violeta Mihaela Dincă & Andreea Gheba, 2022. "Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Favorable Participation of Students with Special Needs in Public Tertiary Education in Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(17), pages 1-16, August.
    2. Nieves Aquino-Llinares & Pilar Moreno-Navarro, 2022. "Engaging Environmental Sciences Students in Statistics through an Inclusive Experience in a Spanish University," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-15, July.
    3. Rosa-Eva Valle-Flórez & Ana María de Caso Fuertes & Roberto Baelo & Sheila García-Martín, 2021. "Faculty of Education Professors’ Perception about the Inclusion of University Students with Disabilities," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(21), pages 1-21, November.

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