Accessibility and diversity in education : breakthroughs in research and practice / Information Resources Management Association.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Information Resources Management Association, author.

Contributor:

Information Resources Management Association, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization.

Inclusive education.

Multicultural education.

Physical Description:

60 PDFs (2 volumes (1040 pages))

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2020]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

""This book examines emerging methods and trends for creating accessible and inclusive educational environments and examines the latest teaching strategies and methods for promoting learning for all students. It also addresses equal opportunity and diversity requirements in schools"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Volume I. Section 1. Accessibility laws and frameworks. Chapter 1. Laws, Finance, and policies of higher education accessibility ; Chapter 2. Evaluating the accessibility of online university education ; Chapter 3. Expanding notions of access: opportunities and future directions for universal design ; Chapter 4. Design, implementation and evaluation of MOOCs to improve inclusion of diverse learners ; Chapter 5. Accessibility to higher education in Nigeria: the pains, problems, and prospects

Section 2. Disabilities: general. Chapter 6. Creating inclusive classroom communities through social and emotional learning to reduce social marginalization among students ; Chapter 7. Special education leadership and the implementation of response to intervention ; Chapter 8. Leveraging professional development to prepare general and special education teachers to teach within response to intervention frameworks ; Chapter 9. Implementing effective student support teams ; Chapter 10. Best practices implementing special education curriculum and common core state standards using UDL ; Chapter 11. Access to higher education for people with disabilities: a Chinese perspective ; Chapter 12. Beyond handicap, pity, and inspiration: disability and diversity in workforce development education and practice ; Chapter 13. Characteristics and instructional strategies for students with mathematical difficulties: in the inclusive classroom ; Chapter 14. Inclusion of users with special needs in the human-centered design of a web-portal ; Chapter 15. Providing quality education for persons with disabilities through the implementation of individual educational programs managed by the intelligent agents in the sliding mode ; Chapter 16. Digital control models of continuous education of persons with disabilities act (IDEA) and agents in sliding mode

Section 3. Disabilities: learning and developmental. Chapter 17. Specific learning disabilities: reading, spelling, and writing strategies ; Chapter 18. Coping strategies of primary school students with specific learning disabilities ; Chapter 19. School bullying and students with intellectual disabilities ; Chapter 20. Marginality and mattering: the experiences of students with learning disabilities on the college campus ; Chapter 21. Understanding nonverbal learning disabilities in postsecondary students with spina bifida ; Chapter 22. Use of assistive technology to empower persons with intellectual disabilities ; Chapter 23. The use of Ipad devices and "apps" for ASD students in special education and speech therapy ; Chapter 24. Handmade content and school activities for autistic children with expressive language disabilities

Section 4. Disabilities: physical. Chapter 25. Improving access to higher education with UDL and switch access technology: a case study

Volume II. Chapter 26. Wheelchair access and inclusion barriers on campus: exploring universal design models in higher education ; Chapter 27. Addressing accessibility of MOOCs for blind users: hearing aid for screen orientation ; Chapter 28. The educational rights of students with chronic disease ; Chapter 29. Educating students with chronic illness: how the old service model fails

Section 5. Diversity and culturally responsive teaching. Chapter 30. Social inclusion and intercultural values in a school of education ; Chapter 31. Critical practices for teaching and learning in global contexts: building bridges for action ; Chapter 32. The role of multi-media in expanding pre-service teachers' understanding of culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms and furthering their professional identities ; Chapter 33. Teacher preparatory programs and culturally responsive teaching ; Chapter 34. Fusing culturally responsive teaching, place conscious education, and problem-based learning with mobile technologies: sparking change ; Chapter 35. A forensic psychological perspective on racism in schools of educational leadership: impact on organizational culture ; Chapter 36. Channeling race: media representations and international student perceptions ; Chapter 37. Using narrative and team-teaching to address teaching about racial dynamics ; Chapter 38. Preparing urban educators to address diversity and equity through field-based teacher education: implications for program design and implementation ; Chapter 39. Urbanlivesmatter: empowering learners through transformative teaching ; Chapter 40. Multiculturalism in special education: perspectives of minority children in urban schools ; Chapter 41. Exploring intercultural awareness: international student mobility in China and the UK through a non-essentialist lens ; Chapter 42. Data system-embedded analysis support's implications for Latino students and diverse classrooms

Section 6. Inclusive classrooms and campuses. Chapter 43. Creating inclusive classroom: innovative practices by Chinese Banzhurens ; Chapter 44. Equity and inclusion in today's diverse and inclusive 21st century classroom: fostering culturally responsive pre-service teachers with the tools to provide culturally responsive instruction ; Chapter 45. Cultivating communities of inclusive practice: professional development for educators research and practice ; Chapter 46. Supporting secondary students with disabilities in an inclusive environment ; Chapter 47. Assessing the functions of behavior for students with autism in the inclusive classroom environment ; Chapter 48. An integral analysis of labeling, inclusion, and the impact of the K-12 school experience on gifted boys ; Chapter 49. A comparison of "inclusiveness" in two liberal arts Catholic universities: what nurtures an inclusive campus climate?.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799812142

OCLC:

1126234539