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Ingrid Sala-Bars currently works at the Faculty of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport Blanquerna, University Ramon Llull (Barcelona). Ingrid does research in Educational Psychology, Teacher Education and Teaching Methods. Much of her work focuses on Inclusive Education.
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The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework to facilitate inclusion and greater access to the general education curriculum for all students. Schools are progressively integratingthis framework in compulsory education, but its implementation atthe university levelis still very scarce. Given the increase of students with specific education...
This paper investigates whether Reciprocal Peer Observation is an effective practice for promoting Teacher Professional Development. It focuses on analysing the Improvement Goals transfer processes stemming from teachers' own educational approach, which teachers identify during Reciprocal Peer Observation. A total of 230 teachers, paired together,...
As Universal Design for Learning (UDL) has emerged as a reference model to facilitate inclusive education, recent policies have stated the need to strengthen its use in schools and to train preservice teachers in UDL implementation. Growth mindset about learning, self-efficacy towards inclusion, and self-regulation and motivation for teaching are k...
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of reciprocal peer observation (RPO) as a form of professional collaboration among teachers in enhancing their perceptions of teacher collaboration within a school setting. The Teacher Collaboration Perceptions Questionnaire (TCPQ) was specifically designed and validated for this purpose, using explorator...
Self-determination development has traditionally been related with an increased access to the general education curriculum, as well as with post-secondary and quality of life outcomes in young adults with disabilities. In Spain, researchers have been studying higher education students with and without disabilities’ levels of self-determination and...
Despite the rising number of students with disabilities who graduate from universities all over the world, they still come upon major barriers to achieving favourable placement in the regular job market. The figures show lower job placement rates among university graduates with disabilities than among their non-disabled peers. In order to deal with...
In Spain over the last few decades, the need to move towards inclusive universities has become apparent. The steady increase in the number of students with disabilities together with the development of both national and international legislative frameworks in favor of inclusive education have acted as catalysts for change. Recently, Spain has once...
This chapter focuses on families, due to their social and educational potential as peacebuilders and its their partnership with the school. Its main objectives are to find out how parents talk to their children about different forms of violence that affect them and to identify posible deficiencies in their communication skills. Based on the respons...
Despite the rapid growth in inclusive university programs, access to inclusive higher education is still limited for students with intellectual disability (ID). This article explores the perspectives of 34 students with ID on their motives for accessing the inclusion and job placement programs at three Spanish universities and the external factors...
Uno de los retos fundamentales que, sin duda alguna, plantea la globalización consiste en ser capaces de vivir en armonía en nuestras sociedades. Diversidad de creencias, sensibilidades y modos de obrar coexisten en el seno del hogar, en la escuela, en la comunidad y en los espacios virtuales generando todo tipo de incomprensiones, rechazos, postur...
Dado que el Diseño Universal para el Aprendizaje (DUA) ha surgido como uno de los modelos pedagógicos de referencia para facilitar la educación inclusiva, las políticas recientes han manifestado la necesidad de reforzar su uso en las escuelas y, en consecuencia, de formar eficazmente a los profesores en formación en la aplicación de prácticas basad...
In democratic societies, education should help build a participative, critical and responsible citizenry and therefore promote the role of schools as settings where students learn democratic coexistence. With the study reported on here we aimed to analyse how coexistence is fostered in classrooms and schools, as well as the possible synergy between...
Unfortunately, racism is a kind of violence present in current societies that embodies an attitude opposed to the culture of peace. In this scenario, the family has a relevant role to contribute to the development of values related to human rights. With the aim of identifying patterns and challenges to progress from a polarized debate to an empathe...
The role of schools in democratic education is essential to build more equitable and inclusive societies. The literature highlights the lack of instruments for evaluating support strategies in this field with adequate psychometric properties. The aim of this work was to create the questionnaire “Coexistence and democratic participation in schools”...
La tecnologia com a mitjà per garantir l’accessibilitat a l’aprenentatge i atendre la diversitat de l’alumnat a l’aula ha estat objecte de nombrosos estudis i experiències educatives. El disseny universal per a l’aprenentatge (DUA) és un dels marcs teòrics i pràctics actuals que més potencia l’ús de recursos i eines digitals per donar resposta a la...
La tecnologia com a mitjà per garantir l’accessibilitat a l’aprenentatge i atendre la diversitat de l’alumnat a l’aula ha estat objecte de nombrosos estudis i experiències educatives. El disseny universal per a l’aprenentatge (DUA) és un dels marcs teòrics i pràctics actuals que més potencia l’ús de recursos i eines digitals per donar resposta a la...
Across the globe, students with disabilities have been increasing in prevalence in higher education settings. Thus, it has become more urgent for college faculty to have a broad awareness of disability and inclusive teaching practices based on the tenets of Universal Design. In this study, we examined faculty attitudes toward disability-related top...
El material que presentamos es la traducción y la adaptación transcultural de The Universal Instructional Design Implementation Guide elaborado por la University of Guelp (Canadá). Se trata de un recurso de apoyo al profesorado universitario para promover la reflexión, a partir de su propia experiencia, sobre la inclusión de todo el estudiantado en...
The aim of this study was to understand how university graduates with a hearing impairment in Spain perceived their studies. The method used was quantitative/qualitative and descriptive. The participating sample consisted of 84 Spanish university graduates with a hearing impairment. The results allow us to confirm that: university
graduates with a...
Resumen El paradigma del Diseño Universal tiene una rica historia referente a su aplicación en el ámbito de la arquitectura, pero actualmente también se está aplicando en los procesos instructivos tanto en la educación obligatoria como en la superior. En el ámbito educativo, a lo largo de las últimas décadas, se ha venido utilizando con diferentes...
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The Universal Design paradigm has been applied in education over the last decades using different
approaches: Universal Design for Learning (CAST, 2011; Rose y Meyer, 2000, 2002, 2005), Universal
Instructional Design (Bryson, 2003; Silver, et al., 1998), Universal Design for Instruction (Roberts et
al., 2011; Scott, et al., 2001), Universal...
The aim of this study was to explore the strengths and weaknesses detected by Spanish university graduates with a disability in the process of university education and integration
into the mainstream labour market, as well as the experience and opinion of companies concerning this issue. The method used was quantitative qualitative and descriptive....
Resumen Los principios, las prácticas y la investigación sobre diseño universal han sido implantados progresivamente en diferentes ámbitos, respecto al diseño y la preparación de entornos para la atención a las necesidades de las personas con discapacidad. En el contexto internacional, este desarrollo ha estado vinculado al avance en derechos sobre...
Los principios, las prácticas y la investigación sobre Diseño Universal han sido implantados progresivamente en diferentes ámbitos, en relación al diseño y la preparación de entornos para la atención a las necesidades de las personas con discapacidad.
Este desarrollo ha estado vinculado, en el contexto internacional, al avance en derechos sobre igu...
Estudiantes con discapacidad en la universidad: cómo atender esta diversidad en el aula La presencia de estudiantes con discapacidad en las aulas universitarias es una realidad creciente e imparable. Éste es un material dirigido a dar orientación y soporte al docente universitario para que pueda ofrecer, en el aula, igualdad de oportunidades a los...
Resum: En aquest article, es presenta una part dels resultats d'una investigació reaiitzada sobre les percepcions de les necessítats i dificultats que trcben els e s t ~ d i a ~ t s dniversitaris amb discapacitat fisica i/o secsonal lins les aules i lea qce té el prcfessor ~iniversitari per atendre a q ~ e s t estudiants en el cortext de l'aela. Cc...
Este artículo presenta un estudio que examina las necesidades y dificultades que encuentran los estudiantes universitarios con discapacidad física y sensorial dentro del aula y las que tiene el profesor universitario para atender a estos estudiantes en el contexto aula. La muestra esta formada por veinticinco estudiantes con discapacidad y veintici...
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Su proyecto me parece muy interesante y me gustaría poder conocer más a fondo su investigación. Trabajo con la implementación del Diseño universal del aprendizaje en el ámbito universitario y este tema está estrechamente relacionado con lo que ustedes plantean. Muchas gracias!
Ingrid Sala
