Image building and culture; first inventarisation

Questions in connection with “Misses are not allowed to speak in Turkey”

1. Read the article “Misses are not allowed to speak in Turkey” (that appeared in a Dutch newspaper, 9^th of March 2009

1. Answer the next questions (please, write down only keywords) for yourself:

1. What can you tell about the situation of people (especially students) with disabilities in Turkey? More specifically: What is in your opinion the difference between the real and the wished situation? (Please, think about image, treatment, rights, etc.)

1. What do you think about the way people in The Netherlands look at people (students) with disabilities?

1. What global kind of feelings play a role (students themselves, family, friends, teachers, government, public opinion)?

1. How do students with disabilities cope with this in Turkey?

and only as far as there is time left:

1. What should be done to improve the situation? (please make a distinction between a few different target groups, for instance:

-         national: government (legislation), radio/TV (information supply, influence on public opinion),

-         environmental for people with disabilities: institutes and personnel (for instance universities), parents, friends, fellow students, etc.

1. How should students with disabilities cope with all this?

1. In pairs: combine your lists to one new and more complete list (in short time!) without discussion; only ask questions to each other about the meaning of terms and give the matching explanation!

1. In foursome: two pairs fulfil the same actions as before, resulting in one list of 4 persons on flip over sheets.

1. Plenary: presentation and short discussion of the resulting flip over sheets.