Transition issues in higher education and digital technologies: The experiences of students with disabilities in New Zealand
| Autor: | Edgar Pacheco, Miriam Lips, Pak Yoong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation
Health (social science) visual impairment Digitale Medien university level of education ddc:070 Technology Assessment Soziale Medien Pedagogy Sociology Technikfolgenabschätzung Bildung und Erziehung Hochschulbildung Technik Technologie Transition (fiction) 05 social sciences Jugendlicher 050301 education General Social Sciences university admission General Health Professions young adult Hochschulzugang 0305 other medical science Inclusion (education) Higher education Technology (Applied sciences) Neuseeland transition vision impairment mobile devices Disability Studies action research Bildungswesen tertiärer Bereich social media Education 03 medical and health sciences Interactive electronic Media ddc:370 Social media interaktive elektronische Medien digital media News media journalism publishing junger Erwachsener Internet business.industry Sehbehinderung University Education adolescent Publizistische Medien Journalismus Verlagswesen business 0503 education ddc:600 New Zealand |
| Zdroj: | Disability & Society |
| Popis: | Research on transition to higher education and young people with disabilities has increased in recent years. However, there is still limited understanding of transition issues and how digital technologies, such as social media and mobile devices, are used by this group of students to manage these issues. This article presents the findings of an empirical study that addressed this matter based on young people's views and experiences. The qualitative study was conducted in the context of a group of students with vision impairments transitioning to a New Zealand university. The findings draw from observations, a researcher diary, focus groups, individual interviews, and data from social media. The study shows that, like their non-disabled peers, the students actively engaged with interactive and collaborative digital technologies to make sense, individually and collectively, of different transition issues before, during and after the first academic trimester of their university journey. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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