Accessibility to school premises A survey at schools of Directorates of Primary Education of East and West Thessaloniki
Abstract
The survey was conducted in 166 mainstream primary schools of Thessaloniki with integration classes. In 36 of these buildings, a mapping-registration of components was detailed, through the " Accessibility Checklist " on the appropriateness of school premises, the barriers, the equipment available and the spatial and architectural layout. In 16 of these schools, the daily transportation of students who move in a wheelchair and rollator was recorded, from and within the general elementary school and questionnaires were completed. The study of space, routes and movements of students to, from and in the school, highlights accessibility problems in the Greek school buildings and their effect on the participation of children with disabilities in school activities.
A part of this sample will be presented.
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- THEMATIC FIELD Ι Transformations of schools’ spaces and educational change
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