Support systems for students with disabilities at tertiary education

Autor	Mgr. Jiří Votava, Ph.D.
Organisation	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
Year	2010
Research type	Ph.D. thesis
Annotation	For years, tertiary education has been in the focus of school policy makers, research teams and groups of stakeholders. The aim of this theoretical-empirical thesis is to constitute terminological apparatus and informational base for deeper understanding of support systems for university students with special needs, to propose possible models or scenarios of supportive activities and to compare situation in the Czech environment with selected examples from foreign institutions. Methodology of this work is based on comparative scheme recommended by Baraday. A system of support was delimited as a unit of comparison with respect of wider context. The structure of the comparison was divided into four parts: (1) context, general situation of tertiary education in a country, (2) specific legislation for tertiary education including equal opportunities, (3) access conditions for students with special needs and continuity of educational levels, (4) support within selected institutions of tertiary education. In the end of this thesis the author generalises two models of support systems – centralized and decentralized – and suggests criteria for their internal and external evaluation.
Keywords	tertiary education, support system of handicapped students, legislative
Research type	comparative research
Start date	1. 10. 2007
End date	17. 9. 2010
Obor	AM Pedagogy, education
Note	supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Lea Květoňová, Ph.D. Oponents: prof. PhDr. Marie Vítková, CSc. , Doc. PhDr. Iva Strnadová, Ph.D.
Email	ludmila.houbova@pedf.cuni.cz
Availability	available in the NRVDM electronic library
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Research location	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova , M.D. Rettigové 4, Praha 1 11639
Organisation	Pedagogická Fakulta, Univerzita Karlova
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