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T1 Intellectual disability in higher education: Self-perceived training needs of university teachers
A1 Corbí Santamaría, Miguel
A1 Tombolato, Monica
A1 Bueno Sánchez, Lidia
A1 Hermans, Katrien
A1 Valenti, Antonella
A1 Garcés Ferrer, Jorge
A1 Straniero, Alessandra
A1 Brojčin, Branislav
A1 Mesquita, Cristina
A1 Bonifácio, Evangelina
A1 Martini, Berta
A1 Rodríguez Cano, Sonia
A1 Milants, Michelle
A1 Glumbić, Nenad
K1 Higher education
K1 People with intellectual disabilities
K1 Teacher training
K1 Enseñanza superior
K1 Education, Higher
K1 Educación especial
K1 Special education
AB The inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education is a fundamental right recognised by the legal system since its recognition in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, the measures adopted by European countries to promote their incorporation are not always accompanied by parallel training actions that provide university professors with the necessaryknowledge to incorporate people with intellectual disabilities into the classroom with the same guarantees and opportunities as people without intellectual disabilities.This paper aims to provide specific data on the self-perceived training needs of university teaching staff and thus lay the foundations for a specific training programme. A cross-sectional study was carried out by means of a survey designed to collect theteachers’ perceptions of their own competences and the effectiveness of their knowledge, as well as the importance they attached to some aspects of intellectual disability. The survey was administered to teachers in Serbia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy and Spain, with a total sample of 1009 teachers.The results obtained showed that the perception of self-perceived competence in educational skills is dependent on three main factors: previous specific training, teaching experience with people with intellectual disabilities and own personal experiences. The present study demonstrated the concern and need of the teaching staff to obtain specific training on people withintellectual disabilities in higher education.
PB University of Belgrade - Faculty for Special Education and Rehabilitation, Belgrade
SN 1452-7367
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11877
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11877
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 26-jun-2026