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Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation

The needs for educational accommodations have become more salient since students with disabilities are often under presented in higher education setting in which have led these marginalized groups to unequal opportunities to participate in activities on campus thus, hindering their intellectual and...

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Main Authors: Azzahrah, Anuar, Nor Mazlina, Ghazali, Edris, Aden
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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HT Communities. Classes. Races
LB2300 Higher Education
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spelling my.unimas.ir.190412017-12-27T01:29:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19041/ Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation Azzahrah, Anuar Nor Mazlina, Ghazali Edris, Aden HT Communities. Classes. Races LB2300 Higher Education The needs for educational accommodations have become more salient since students with disabilities are often under presented in higher education setting in which have led these marginalized groups to unequal opportunities to participate in activities on campus thus, hindering their intellectual and psychological growth. The aim of the study was to identify the perception of students with disabilities toward faculty willingness to provide academic accommodation. A descriptive research design has been utilized in the study. 19 students with disabilities at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) were involved in the study. Based on the findings of the study, students have reported that the lecturers’ willingness to provide accommodation were moderate. Decreased motivation in learning, communication difficulties with the lecturers (faculty), and difficulty in accessing information and materials/sources related to academics were among the impacts of lack of academic accommodation on students with disabilities. Therefore, it is imperative for the faculty to identify the students’ academic accommodation needs because they would receive more information on how to improve their teaching and learning in the class especially when they deal with students with disabilities 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19041/1/Accommodating%20Students%20with%20Disabilities%20-Azzahrah-SCT-065-revised%20%28abstrak%29.pdf Azzahrah, Anuar and Nor Mazlina, Ghazali and Edris, Aden (2017) Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation. In: UNIMAS Jubilee Conference (USJC 2017), 18-20 October 2017, UNIMAS, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
LB2300 Higher Education
spellingShingle HT Communities. Classes. Races
LB2300 Higher Education
Azzahrah, Anuar
Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
Edris, Aden
Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
description The needs for educational accommodations have become more salient since students with disabilities are often under presented in higher education setting in which have led these marginalized groups to unequal opportunities to participate in activities on campus thus, hindering their intellectual and psychological growth. The aim of the study was to identify the perception of students with disabilities toward faculty willingness to provide academic accommodation. A descriptive research design has been utilized in the study. 19 students with disabilities at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) were involved in the study. Based on the findings of the study, students have reported that the lecturers’ willingness to provide accommodation were moderate. Decreased motivation in learning, communication difficulties with the lecturers (faculty), and difficulty in accessing information and materials/sources related to academics were among the impacts of lack of academic accommodation on students with disabilities. Therefore, it is imperative for the faculty to identify the students’ academic accommodation needs because they would receive more information on how to improve their teaching and learning in the class especially when they deal with students with disabilities
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Azzahrah, Anuar
Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
Edris, Aden
author_facet Azzahrah, Anuar
Nor Mazlina, Ghazali
Edris, Aden
author_sort Azzahrah, Anuar
title Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
title_short Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
title_full Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
title_fullStr Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
title_full_unstemmed Accommodating Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: Perception of Students with Disabilities Toward Faculty Willingness to Provide Academic Accommodation
title_sort accommodating students with disabilities in higher education: perception of students with disabilities toward faculty willingness to provide academic accommodation
publishDate 2017
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/19041/1/Accommodating%20Students%20with%20Disabilities%20-Azzahrah-SCT-065-revised%20%28abstrak%29.pdf
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