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2019, Cilt 9, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 573-580 |
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DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2019.355 |
Non-handicapped Students’ Point of View towards Physical Disabled Students in Higher Education: Case of Marmara University |
Sibel CENGİZHAN1, Buket DOĞAN2, Elif URAL3, Aynur AKAR4, Firdevs Melis CİN5 |
1Marmara University, Atatürk Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey 2Marmara University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Computer Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey 3Marmara University, Technical Sciences Vocational School, Department of Audiovisual Techniques and Media Production, Istanbul, Turkey 4Marmara University, Faculty of Technology, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey 5Lancaster University, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster, United Kingdom |
Keywords: Higher education, Physical disability, Disability awareness, Disability perspective |
The purpose of the research is to examine non-handicapped students’ points of view towards physically disabled students in higher
education. For this purpose, the study was conducted with a survey model. The population of the research consists of non-handicapped
students who study at Marmara University in the 2015-16 academic year, while the sample consists of 661 non-handicapped students
with the random sampling method. 423 of these students were female, and 238 were male. The answers given to the questionnaire consists
of seven multiple-choice questions and 25 statements. In the answers given to the questionnaire, 4-point Likert was used as “strongly
disagree, disagree, agree and strongly agree”. In the analysis of the data, the percentage and frequency values for each statement in the
questionnaire were given. The results show that abled students do not have enough awareness about being disabled, did not want to
receive guidance services about the disability, whereas they responded mostly to positive expressions in their responses to questions about
disability perspectives. In order to increase disability awareness in higher education, disabled student units should be more functional
in each of the faculties and putting compulsory courses about disability in each faculty can have a positive effect. In addition, especially
in the Community Service Practices courses, students may attend one or two symposiums, clubs, associations, workshops, projects, etc.
about the problems of disabled students. It is thought that participation in these activities and providing volunteer activities in nongovernmental
organizations will provide awareness about disability.
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