The proposed chapter seeks to report on an inclusive photovoice-based participatory action research project from one specific public university in Romania by focusing on setting up a peer support programme aimed at facilitating academic access and participation in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was implemented in the context of rapid shifts from face-to-face to online education (and back), when accessibility needs may largely go unnoticed (Meleo-Erwin et al., Disability and Health Journal, 14(1), 101013, 2021). Eight students with visual, physical and chronic illness disabilities documented and discussed their experience with remote and face-to-face learning through photovoice, followed by in-depth semi-structured interviews. We discuss the challenges and potentialities of setting up a participatory action research project aimed at transforming the university into a more inclusive university within the particular present trajectory of Central-Eastern Europe higher education in relation to inclusion of students with disabilities and the particular context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Shaping a More Inclusive University: How Participatory Action Research Can Contribute to Transforming a Public University in Romania

  • Leyla Safta-Zecheria,
  • Loredana Marcela Trancă

摘要

The proposed chapter seeks to report on an inclusive photovoice-based participatory action research project from one specific public university in Romania by focusing on setting up a peer support programme aimed at facilitating academic access and participation in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was implemented in the context of rapid shifts from face-to-face to online education (and back), when accessibility needs may largely go unnoticed (Meleo-Erwin et al., Disability and Health Journal, 14(1), 101013, 2021). Eight students with visual, physical and chronic illness disabilities documented and discussed their experience with remote and face-to-face learning through photovoice, followed by in-depth semi-structured interviews. We discuss the challenges and potentialities of setting up a participatory action research project aimed at transforming the university into a more inclusive university within the particular present trajectory of Central-Eastern Europe higher education in relation to inclusion of students with disabilities and the particular context of the Covid-19 pandemic.