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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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Accessibility in Teaching Assistant Training: A Critical Review of Programming from Ontario's Teaching and Learning Centres
Vander Kloet, Marie
Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, v6 n2 Article 9 2015
It is increasingly understood that university education must be accessible to persons with disabilities. The responsibility to make the university accessible is arguably shared by all of us and yet, the extent to which it has become fully accessible is certainly suspect. By undertaking qualitative, discursive analysis of websites, online texts and other materials provided by Ontario's teaching and learning centres, this paper seeks to do two things. First, it provides a critical overview of the types of training currently available at Ontario universities for teaching assistants on accessibility and teaching. This review will outline initiatives directed towards compliance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) requirements, those focused on education and advocacy (as well as areas of overlap) and broader equity training which encompasses accessibility. Second, this paper, considering the content of the reviewed material and informed by critical disability studies, offers up an articulation of future directions for research, writing, advocacy, and training on teaching assistant development on accessible teaching.
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Criticism, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Access to Education, Advocacy, Futures (of Society), Qualitative Research, Discourse Analysis, Federal Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Program Descriptions, Educational Development, Workshops, Educational Resources, Web Sites, Audits (Verification), Teaching Methods, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
University of Western Ontario and Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Mills Memorial Library Room 504, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L6, Canada. Tel: 905-525-9140; e-mail: info@cjsotl-rcacea.ca; Web site: http://www.cjsotl-rcacea.ca/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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