Deriving Accessible Science Books for the Blind Students of Physics

Kacorri, Hernisa

doi:10.1063/1.3322361

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“…Most of the literature about supporting students with disabilities in physics target students with visual impairments (59% of articles we identified; e.g., [6][7][8][9][10] ), physical disabilities (23%; e.g., [11][12][13][14][15] ), and hearing impairments (18%; e.g., [16][17][18][19] ). We did not identify any articles related to supporting students with affective, emotional/behavioral, or mental health impairments.…”

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Resources for Supporting Students With and Without Disabilities in Your Physics Courses

Lannan

Chini

Scanlon

2021

The Physics Teacher

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All students deserve access to effective, equitable physics education. Postsecondary faculty have been shown to be unprepared to support students with disabilities in their classes, and popular, research-based introductory physics curricula do not adequately plan for variations in learners’ needs, abilities, and interests. It is urgent to address this disparity because students with disabilities are enrolling in postsecondary education at increasing rates and enroll in STEM degree programs at steady rates. Specifically, in 2014, the National Center on Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) found that 10.5% of students enrolled in science and engineering degree programs identified with a disability. The purpose of this paper is to provide resources that instructors can use in their classes to promote accessibility and support all learners. In this paper we: 1) provide a brief review of the literature related to supporting students with disabilities in the context of STEM; 2) describe Universal Design for Learning, which is a design framework intended to encourage development of curricula that support all learners; and 3) provide a list of resources that physics instructors can use to increase support for students with disabilities.

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Section: Supporting Students With Disabilities In Postsecondary Stemmentioning

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Resources for Supporting Students With and Without Disabilities in Your Physics Courses

Lannan

Chini

Scanlon

2021

The Physics Teacher

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“…There are various barriers that prevent equal access to education that hinders the quality of education for students with disabilities, including deficiencies in service provision [2]. According to Kouroupetroglou, not all these students receive adequate levels of support even in the same nation [3]. Therefore, it is crucial to support universities and colleges in their efforts to promote inclusive education by allocating larger funding for higher education programs.…”

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“…Effective academic services for students with disabilities necessitate careful planning, a suitable organizational structure, personnel with specialized knowledge, cutting-edge technological support, significant implementation effort, and functional evaluation. Hence, students will be able to participate fully and benefit effectively from their education [3].…”

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Role of Educational Services in Promoting Inclusive Higher Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Alkharji

2024

Education and Human Development

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A way to safeguard university students’ educational rights is through inclusive higher education. It allows deaf and hard of hearing students (DHH) to effectively access and gain from their education. To facilitate academic success, inclusive programs must provide DHH students with diverse educational services that ensure proper access to information in lectures. This chapter discusses the role of educational services in the inclusive higher education of DHH students. These services are an integral part for the academic success of these students in higher education. The following are some of the educational services for DHH students that will be covered in the chapter: modified classroom delivery, presence of coordinators, and note-taking services, as well as the teaching experience as important elements that will influence the development of inclusive higher education for DHH students. The aim of this chapter is to describe the role of educational services for DHH students in promoting inclusive higher education through an analysis of previous research, as well as an overview of the key issues regarding these services. It also compares the roles of these services in various universities around the world. This chapter also considers the challenges of providing and using these services as a component of a comprehensive strategy for the academic integration of DHH students.

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Teaching Physics with Disabled Learners: A Review of the Literature

Chini

Scanlon

2023

The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Special Topics

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Disability is an often-overlooked aspect of diversity. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15% of the world's population identifies as disabled, yet there is a dearth of knowledge and literature about supporting disabled learners in postsecondary physics courses. The goal of this chapter is to synthesize and critique the extant literature about how instructors can teach physics courses in ways to support disabled leaners. Through a systematic literature review, 66 sources were identified which discuss physics, teaching, and disability. In the extant literature, 51 sources are written for practitioners and 15 sources contain novel research. Overall, the literature includes suggestions and solutions to respond to access needs and begins to explore experiences of disabled students and the role of instructors and higher education administrators in supporting the variety of students' needs, abilities, and interests. Findings and implications are disaggregated by suggestions for practice and for education researchers.

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Deriving Accessible Science Books for the Blind Students of Physics

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Resources for Supporting Students With and Without Disabilities in Your Physics Courses

Resources for Supporting Students With and Without Disabilities in Your Physics Courses

Role of Educational Services in Promoting Inclusive Higher Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students

Teaching Physics with Disabled Learners: A Review of the Literature

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