ERIC Number: EJ1373035
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
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Students with Mental Health (dis)Abilities' Storied Experiences within Distance Education
Distance Education, v43 n4 p508-525 2022
Distance education gives a diverse group of social work students access to further education. Research addressing the overall experiences of Canadian distance education social work students is limited, and even more so for distance education social work students with mental health (dis)Abilities. By means of a qualitative research project using narrative inquiry, I listened to the stories of social work students with mental health (dis)Abilities studying online as they each shared points of access and barriers within their distance education. Six study participants from two Canadian universities narrated multifaceted storied experiences of adapting, coping, and navigating through their distance courses and programs, highlighting attitudinal and institutional changes that would be supportive of their learning. Using narrative auto-ethnography, I also integrated my own experiences into the research. Through participants' storied experiences, I conceptualized recommendations for social work distance education programs.
Descriptors: Distance Education, Social Work, Mental Health, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Foreign Countries, Females, Accessibility (for Disabled), Social Bias, College Graduates, Community Support
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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