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ERIC Number: EJ506285
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-4523
Able-Bodied Instructors and Students with Physical Disabilities: A Relationship Handicapped by Communication.
Hart, Russell D.; Williams, David E.
Communication Education, v44 n2 p140-54 Apr 1995
Identifies four roles explaining how able-bodied instructors communicate with physically disabled students: the avoider, the guardian, the rejector, and the nurturer. Describes and illustrates each role with events that happened in classrooms. Concludes that able-bodied instructors communicate differently with students with physical disabilities than with able-bodied students. (SR)
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Research, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication, Physical Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Communication Behavior