Disabled students in education technology, transition, and inclusivity /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Moore, David, 1950-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: People with disabilities > Education.; Inclusive education.; People with disabilities > Effect of technological innovations on.; Autism; Higher education; Computer-based learning systems; Disabled students; Dyslexia support system; Emotional literacy; Eye tracking; Haptics; Social model of disability; Staff training; Professional development
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"This book reports on research projects aimed at improving the educational prospects of disabled people, through its discussion of three main themes--technology, transition and inclusivity"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. The art of the possible: using technology to make teaching more inclusive / Simon Ball
• 2. An assessment of eye tracking as an educational aid for people with profound multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) / J.A. Renshaw ... [et al.]
• 3. Haptics as an assistive technology / Damian Copeland
• 4. Using a computer aided test to raise awareness of disability issues amongst university teaching staff / John Gray ... [et al.]
• 5. Computer-based learning systems for people with autism / David Moore
• 6. Understanding and enhancing emotional literacy in children with severe autism using facial recognition software / Salima Y Awad Elzouki and Bridget Cooper
• 7. Let's get set for university!: (the Springschool Experience for Disabled Students) / Helen Smith
• 8. Students with autism in higher education / Salima Y Awad Elzouki, Elizabeth Guest and Chris Adams
• 9. Reappraising the social model of disability: a Foucauldian reprise / William J. Penson
• 10. Support for disabled students in higher education: a move towards inclusion / John Reaney, Andrea Gorra and Hanim Hassan
• 11. Disabled students in higher education: lessons from establishing a staff disability forum / Ian Clarke
• 12. Supporting learning in further & higher education in Northern Ireland / Pauline Dowd
• 13. Modeling and developing a dyslexia support system / Tim Deignan
• 14. Inclusivity and research: capturing the lived experiences of young people with disabilities / Hayley Fitzgerald, Annette Stride and Anne Jobling
• 15. Reflections on personal experiences of staff training and continuing professional development for academic staff in the development of high quality support for disabled students in higher education / Alan Hurst
• 16. Reigniting the voice of disabled people in higher education / Michael Adams and Sally Brown.