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Act. 34.1 Seale Chapter 11

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Edited by Elena Kondyli, Saturday, 25 Dec 2010, 10:12

Read Seale Chapter 11 Institutional responses to accessibility: rules, games and politics. Make notes in response to the following questions:

1.     Do you think that there are any incentives for your organisation to develop or improve the accessibility of its online resources? If so, what are they?

First of all, in my school as there are no disabled students and nobody ever has spoken to us about accessibility it is up to us to introduce accessibility in our own classroom.  However, there is a law about accessibility that promotes it but I do not think that it is something that everybody and everyone follow it.

2.     Think back to before you started this course. Are there any assumptions you had then about whether and how to make online resources accessible? (For example, ideas about what 'rules' you should follow.)

Going back to the course I have to admit that I did not even know about accessibility and I did not take it into consideration during the course as the creation of learning resources was all up to me but still I did not have an idea about these matters.

3.     Thinking about your organisation - can you identify people who make, enforce, advocate or implement 'rules' that apply to accessibility? (You may prefer to refer to roles rather than individuals.)

There are no such roles in the school that I am working but only the Principal is responsible to implement accessibility and us-teachers- to enforce it if I can share my thoughts with you.

4.     In your context, are there any internal politics regarding accessibility? If so, what feeds the political debates:

o   Values/principles?

There are political debates about the principles according to which government party is on the decision making.

o   Costs/resources?

The government is responsible as it provided a limited amount of money that can be spend on accessibility matters and each school can go a little bit above of this certain amount.

o   Attitudes/beliefs? Culture/tradition?

The Principal is responsible and the teachers themselves.

5.     Do you agree with Seale that 'there is a limit ... to the extent to which the institutional change framework can help us to understand the goals and motivations of institutions and teams'? (Conclusions, p.157)

I agree with Seale as it is true that even if there is a law attained from the government the organization or institution might not be able to put it into practice thus there is a limit to the extent to which the institutional change framework can give us an icon or clue about the goals and motivations of instructions and teams according to the specific institution.

 

 

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