Cliffe, Emma and Mac an Bhaird, Ciaran and Ni Fhlionn, Eabhnat and Trott, Clare (2020) Mathematics instructors’ awareness of accessibility barriers for disabled students. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 39. pp. 184-200. ISSN 0268-3679

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In this paper, we discuss the results of a staff survey on accessibility barriers to participation and success for disabled students in higher education in the UK and Ireland. We focus on the range and complexity of student difficulties encountered by staff involved either in the lecturing of mathematics or the provision of Mathematics Learning Support. We report on the range of supports available to both staff and students in these situations and their varying levels of awareness and implementation of these supports. We close with a brief overview of how we intend to use the results of this survey to both increase awareness of existing appropriate supports and develop additional services to improve student accessibility.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Mathematics instructors’ awareness; accessibility barriers; disabled students;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
Item ID:	13892
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrz012
Depositing User:	Ciaran Mac an Bhaird
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2021 13:22
Journal or Publication Title:	Teaching Mathematics and its Applications
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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