Empowering Exceptional Children

Empowering Exceptional Children

Analyzing the Academic Lived Experiences of Students with Visual Impairments at The University of Tehran: a Phenomenological Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Marzieh Aali 1
Marzieh Zamani 2
Masoud Gholamali Lavasni 3
1 Assistant Professor Philosophy of Educatin department of University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran.
2 Master student of Educational of Psychology of University of Tehran.
3 Associate Professo of educational psychology and counsoling department of University of Tehran, Tehran,Iran.
10.22034/ceciranj.2025.459467.1872
Abstract
The Purpose of the present study was to investigate the academic life experiences of students with visual impairments at the University of Tehran. In this study, the qualitative method of phenomenology was used. The participants in this research were students studying in all levels and fields of University of Tehran In 2023 .The purposeful snowball sampling method was used for sampling. Sampling continued until the stage of theoretical saturation of data and a total of 18 people (8 men and 10 women) of visually impaired students who expressed their satisfaction and readiness were interviewed in a semi-structured way. Finally, in order to analyze the findings, the Colaizzi method was used. The analysis of the findings regarding the lived academic experience of students with visual impairments at the University of Tehran led to the production of 438 codes, which were analyzed to extract 7 main themes and 44 secondary themes. The main themes include society, teaching and learning, problems and limitations, university, family, individual characteristics and looking to the future. The results of the study showed that the occurrence of visual impairment in educational environments requires optimal recognition of the dimensions of these individuals, and predetermined assistance without regard to the perceptions of these individuals can cause them to experience negative emotions and overshadow their educational and academic performance.
Keywords
academic lived experiences of students
visual impairment
phenomenological

Subjects

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  • Receive Date 25 May 2024
  • Revise Date 06 January 2025
  • Accept Date 12 February 2025