Campbell Creates Awareness Physically Challenged
of the
by Sam O’kello
A couple of weeks ago, history was made when a UPEI student proposed a program o meet needs of disabled students.
Jessie Campbell, a fourth year business student met with a group of students to discuss issues and concerns of the disabled.
According to Campbell, the importance of the program was to break ers that some of the disabled stu- dents faced while attending at- tending post-secondary institu- tions. “Some students have prob-
down attitudinal barri-
lems with taking notes, because °
they can’t hear what is mentioned
Graduate
(Science, Sept. ’88 vol. 241)
Education can be seen as a -
ontinuum, a progression from he development of career-related skills in a preset curriculum to the pchievement of autonomous pro- essional capabilities. However, t is at the graduate level that he student begins to function as hn independent scientist—indeed, hat is the purpose of gradu- hte education. Ideally, graduate tducation should proceed from hn explicit set of tasks—acquiring ndvanced skills through courses, preparing for and passing a set bf qualifying exams to demon- strate mastery of one’s field, and arrying out technical work un- Her the close supervision off a
in class,” she said. Campbell sug- gested that there should be a vol- unteer to take notes for such stu- dents to enable them the same ‘opportunity to succeed.
Another difficulty identified was when a disabled student wanted to take modern language courses such as French. “It’s hard for a hearing impaired student to ‘work with tapes as the narrator speaks too fast,” she said.
Campbell not only expressed confidence, but showed interest in setting up an advocay program. “We have to form a group to get students from both university and hopefully Holland College,”
she said.
She also hoped that professors and students would have to work together. In this way, they would open the lines of communication to have a complete understand- ing of what is needed and try to find different ways to deal with the majority of problems faced by the students and professors.
Campbell pointed out that the success of this program would be an important step towards cre- ating greater disabled student ad- vocacy, and a positive environ- ment to assist a struggle for equal accessibility of, and benefit from education. 2
Education and Research
faculty adviser-to the develop- ment of independence in the stu- dent. During this process the fac- ulty gradually begins to remove the props supporting the student and to place more responsibility ‘on the student for problem for- mulation, evaluation, execution, and defense. Ideally, as the pro- cess occurs, the student has ac- cess to a variety of structured professional experiences designed to enhance self-confidence and build independence. These expe- riences include opportunities to present and defend research re-
sults in regular and productive.
group meetings, to evaluate and criticize the work of peers, to for- mulate and carry out the research
tasks of increasing importance to
participate in dialogues and de- bates about scientific and techni- cal issues, and to discuss future career plans as they relate to cur- rent interests and activities.
Faculty members often do not make these latter parts of the ed- ucational process explicit to the student. Much of the stress of graduate education results from lack of student understanding of this hidden agenda. Students who duck such professional ex- periences because of a lack of self-confidence or because they find them painful are deprived of an important component of the graduate experience.
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Hiring and Selection Board Fall 1988
The Student Union is accepting job applications for the follow- ing positions:
1. CIMN Assistant Manager $40.00 per week
2. CIMN Ad Sales Manager
Commission
3. Panther Lounge Bartender $4.25 per hour
4. Yearbook Production Editor To be announced 5. Chief Returning Officer 6. Student Judicial Committee
Chairperson, Ist year representative, 2nd year representative, 3rd year representative, student at large.
7. Social Committee Chairperson and Social Committee mem- bers.
8. Orientation 1989 Chairpersons
For information about the above positions and to pick up job applications please drop into the Student Union Building Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm. Complete on application per posi- tion. Application Deadline Friday, November 5, 1988 at 4:00pm.
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