Oliver Mutanga

Students with Disabilities and the Transition to Work (eBook, ePUB)

A Capabilities Approach

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book sets out to understand how students with disabilities experience higher education and the transition to the workplace.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429877926
• Artikelnr.: 57081251

Autorenporträt

Oliver Mutanga is a Research Fellow at University College London. He is also an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission. His research interests are Disability and Health. He was awarded a scholarship at the University of the Free State in South Africa to pursue doctoral studies (2013- 2016). In 2015, he was awarded a CICOPS Fellowship by the University of Pavia, Italy. In 2017, he was awarded a Marie Sklodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Oslo, Norway. Prior to his PhD research, he worked as a Researcher in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
The study
Structure of the book
Notes
References
Chapter 2: Students with Disabilities in Higher Education: A Global Perspective
Introduction
Perceptions and Experiences of students with disabilities in higher education
Higher Education Institutions' responses to the needs of students with disabilities
Discussion
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 3: Students with Disabilities in Southern African Higher Education
Introduction
Conceptualising disability
Students' with disabilities' access and participation in higher education
Supporting mechanisms for students with disabilities
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4: Disability Models or Approaches
Introduction
The Medical Model
The Social Model
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
The Human Rights Approach
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Capability Approaches
Introduction
Theory of participatory parity
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 6: Disabled or not disabled?
Introduction
Conceptualising disability
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7: Inclusion of students with disabilities in Higher Education
Introduction
Inclusion and exclusion
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 8: Factors affecting the lives of students with disabilities at university
Introduction
Intersectionality and Disability Studies
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9: Resilience and coping strategies
Introduction
Coping mechanisms
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 10: Valued opportunities: an inclusive Higher Education Policy through the Capability Approaches
Introduction
Capabilities Approach, Disability and the Dilemma of Difference
Findings
Capabilities and Valued Functionings
Capabilities from Wolff and De-Shalit's (2007) list
Additional Higher Education Capabilities
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11: Youth with disabilities and their transition to employment
Introduction
Findings
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Chapter 12: Beyond the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Introduction
National and International Disability Frameworks
Possibilities and ways forward
Conclusion
References
Index