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Students with impairment – are they disabled in higher education? «Building bridges», Stockholm 2014 PhD-candidate Eli Langørgen, Sør-Trøndelag University College (HIST) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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Students with impairment – are they disabled in higher education? «Building bridges», Stockholm 2014 PhD-candidate Eli Langørgen, Sør-Trøndelag University.

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Page 1: Students with impairment – are they disabled in higher education? «Building bridges», Stockholm 2014 PhD-candidate Eli Langørgen, Sør-Trøndelag University.

Students with impairment – are they disabled in higher education?

«Building bridges», Stockholm 2014

PhD-candidate Eli Langørgen,Sør-Trøndelag University College (HIST) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),Trondheim, Norway

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Background

Human rights:

People with impairments have the same rights and should have the same opportunities to participate as everyone else – in all social arenas

Laws and regulations in higher education in Norway:

Educational institutions are obliged to accommodate individual needs

– As far as possible and reasonable

- As far as it does not compromise the “professional standard “

Eli Langørgen Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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What do we know?

• Higher education is important for promoting labour participation

• Number of people with impairments in higher education proportionally low

• Growing number of students with disabilities in higher education: Many with invisible impairments

• Several experience barriers in their academic and everyday life

Eli Langørgen Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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the world is not «one-size-fits-all»

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What else do we know….?

• Many are reluctant to disclose their disability and ask for accommodations

• Students in vocational educations face disclosure and accommodation issues several times during professional placement

• Differences in educational institutions’ will to adjust: – How to do….?– What is necessary and reasonable?– When is professional standard compromised?

Eli LangørgenSør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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Aim of the project

Contribute to the

knowledge of facilitators and barriers to participation of students with disabilities in teaching, health, and social work bachelor programmes

Eli LangørgenSør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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Research methods

Potential informants: Students with impairments, university/college staff and professional placement supervisors

Triangulation of methods: – Individual interviews with students– Focus groups with staff and supervisors– Surveys to all three informant groups

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Part 1: Asking students - interviews

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Part 1: Asking students - interviews

• Research question: How do students with impairments experience the transition to and throughout their bachelor programmes?

• Approach: Individual semistructured in-depth interviews

• Informants: 8-12 students with impairments in teaching, social work or health care educations who are on professional placement as part of curriculum

• Purposeful sampling

• Population: Students with impairments attending the university colleges in the Mid-Norwegian region (Trøndelag counties)

Eli LangørgenSør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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Part 2: Asking staff and supervisors focus groups

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Part 2: Asking staff and supervisors focus groups

• Research question: What are the perspectives of educational staff and placement supervisors on supporting students with impairments?

• Approach: Focus group interviews

• Informants: Faculty staff and placement supervisors

• Population: From teaching, social work or health care education programmes at the university colleges in the Mid-Norwegian region (Trøndelag counties)

Eli LangørgenSør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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Part 3: Asking a broader population survey

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Part 3: Asking a broader population survey

• Research question: Which factors influence students with disabilites’ access to and throughout vocational bachelor programmes in Norway?

• Approach: Electronic survey

• Informants: Students with and without impaiments, faculty staff, and practicum supervisors

• Population: Programmes within teaching, social work and health care at several educational institutions in Norway

Eli LangørgenSør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

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Preliminary results from part 1…

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Thank you for your attention!

Eli Langørgen Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway

«As a disabled person, using the same door as everyone else entails an added difficulty; I need the door to be just a little bit wider, a little bit higher, and a little bit brighter.»