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O kształceniu studentów niepełnosprawnych w uniwersytecie
About teaching disabled students at the university

Author(s): Marek Mariusz Tytko
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Higher Education , Sociology of Culture, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: university; disabled; conscience; deaf and dumb persons; personalism; human rights; Christianity; ethics; master-follower; models; altruism; culture; civilization;

Summary/Abstract: 1. The goal of this article is to present the situation of disabled persons at the university in the 21st century on the basis of selected examples. 2. Methodology. The author used the historiographical method for the analysis of document and observation. 3. The main results of analysis. The author presents the following issues: disabled persons and the university (masters context), The University Office for Disabled Persons, educational and professional activities of disabled persons, and two models of disabilities (medical and interactive). The author also shows the problem of disability in the context of such categories as: society, state, culture, and civilization. The author discusses the formation of altruistic attitudes towards disabled persons and educational assistance for them at the university when they are studying. The article examines issues surrounding hearing-impaired persons at the university (methods of working with such students) and the blind within the context of visual culture at the university. The author presents some problems of conscience and disabled persons at the university. 4. Limitations of results of analysis. This article is a contribution to discussions of the place of disabled persons at the university. Limitations concern relations to the university. 5. Practical implications. The results of the analysis may be used in these discussions as an argument for the change of situation of disabled at the university. 6. Social implications. The results of analysis may be related to the group of disabled students at the university. 7. The originality of the article (new value, novelty). The paper is based on original sources and on situations of disabled students at the university in the context of culture and possibilities of help.

  • Issue Year: 2/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 359-378
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish