期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2022
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：2098-2113
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v12-i1/12282
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes to the scenario of teaching and learning in schools and higher institutions of education. The shift from face-to-face traditional mode to online platforms has brough many challenges along with it. This ‘new norm’ of pedagogy has also posed challenges to disabled students in higher learning institutions across Malaysia especially when using online platforms to study. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the mental and emotional challenges and learning problems faced by disabled students in online classes during the current pandemic. Fifteen disabled students of various disabilities from universities participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were employed to interview the participants and the collected data was analysed qualitatively using the self-determination theory. The findings showed that most of the disabled students faced mental stress challenges as they were not familiar with Skype, Zoom and Google Meet. They were also not familiar with modern electronic and sophisticated gadgets. The findings further revealed that disabled students were not ignorant in their learning and their disabilities were not obstacles to excel in education. However, they do need help to overcome their fears and challenges. The present study hopes that higher learning institutions assign special task force to facilitate disabled students. The task force should recognise the prospective requirements of disabled students plan and carry out counselling to provide fundamental preparations for online learning. These measures would better prepare them physically and mentally to face unpredictable challenges in the future.
