Issues in Providing Learning Support for Disabled Students Undertaking Fieldwork and Related Activities
Creating an Inclusive Fieldwork Curriculum
Post field trip follow-up and assessment
Should there be particular arrangements for students who have experienced particular difficulties to discuss how the experience could be made more effective in future?
In particular were there particular issues regarding assessment that need to be addressed?
Should there be staff discussions, including with student support officers, to discuss particular (unexpected) issues?
Do staff and/or students now consider changes need to made to, for example, departmental policies (Box 21)?
Box 21: Some follow-up questions for the fieldcourse team and the department to consider
Has the assessment allowed disabled students to demonstrate their level of learning appropriately?
How might the experience of the disabled students undertaking fieldwork have been enhanced?
Have the disabled students been given an opportunity to feedback their views on their experience?
How is the fieldwork programme periodically evaluated to ensure a more inclusive curriculum, including meeting career/vocational needs of disabled students?
How are course objectives progressively being adapted to become more inclusive?