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Exploring Experiences of University Students with Learning Disabilities: Shaping Student Engagement in South Africa (Understanding Student Experiences of Higher Education) - Softcover

Manase, Ndakaitei

 
9781350351974: Exploring Experiences of University Students with Learning Disabilities: Shaping Student Engagement in South Africa (Understanding Student Experiences of Higher Education)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1350351970 ISBN 13: 9781350351974
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2026

Synopsis

This book examines the experiences of students with learning disabilities in South African higher education, exploring the different factors that shape students’ university engagements. Students’ experiences, gathered through semi-structured interviews, are analysed within the Capability Approach to assess the way social arrangements influence students with learning disabilities’ academic engagements. The book then discusses the ways universities can foster opportunities that contribute to students’ multi-dimensional achievements for their academic and general wellbeing. The book exposes inequalities in higher education that impact students with learning disabilities who often operate in inflexible educational systems, practices and standardised learning outcomes that do not take into account the unique ways by which students with learning disabilities process information. The book sheds light on the educational trajectories and conditions which students with learning disabilities operate in.

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About the Author

Ndakaitei Manase is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of South Africa, South Africa.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date
2026
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1350351970
ISBN 13 
9781350351974
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
168