Teaching & Learning Strategies
Where can I find out about study skill support?
Quest for Learning is an excellent website targeted at students, teachers and employers around disability issues. It inlcudes topics on study skills, disability awarenss and employability skills.
Where can I find out more information?
General Considerations on teaching and learning strategies
Teaching Strategies for students with Visual Impairments.
Teaching Strategies for students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
Teaching Strategies for students with a Physical Disability.
Teaching Strategies for students with Speech Impairments.
Teaching Strategies for students with Mental Health Difficulties.
Teaching Strategies for students with Learning Difficulties.
Teaching Strategies for students with Aspergers Syndrome.
Teaching Strategies for students with Other Disabilities.
AHEAD - ‘An Accessible Curriculum: A Learning Resource Pack for Academic Staff in Third Level on Making Curriculum Accessible for Students with Disabilities or Specific Learning Difficulties’ is available for purchase from AHEAD.
Doyle, C. & Robson, K - ‘Accessible Curricula - Good Practice for all’ is available on line.
SKILL is the British equivalent to AHEAD and provides really useful information that is relevant to students studying in Ireland or considering study in Britain.
TechDis (UK) ‘An Initial Study of Computer-Based Media Effects On Learners Who Have Dyslexia’ is an interesting on line publication.
TechDis (UK) ‘Inclusive Learning and Teaching: ILT for Disabled Learners’∞ is an interesting on line publication.
The University of Leeds ‘Learning and Teaching’ The University of Leeds provides an excellent set of guidelines to academics on teaching and learning support for students with disabilties.
The University of Strathclyde (UK) – “Teachability: Creating an accessible curriculum for students with disabilities”. This on line site has a number of booklets available for academic staff, promoting the creation of an accessible curriculum for students with disabilities.
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