Transformando la percepción sobre la discapacidad en el ámbito laboral desde la innovación educativa universitaria

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral; Tomás Gómez Franco; Bienvenida Araceli Parres Serrano

doi:10.31637/epsir-2025-701

Authors

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral Rey Juan Carlos University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1701-3911
Tomás Gómez Franco Francisco de Vitoria University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6603-7824
Bienvenida Araceli Parres Serrano University of Alcalá https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6334-5730

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31637/epsir-2025-701

Keywords:

disability, educational innovation, social inclusion, business, human resources, university, functional diversity

Abstract

Introduction: In a globalized and competitive environment, companies are challenged to enhance the social diversity of their work teams. However, people with disabilities are forced to face several obstacles to find a job. From the consideration that it is the duty of the educational system to transform the exclusionary attitudes of students to avoid social discrimination in the workplace, the university proposes an innovative, participatory and contextualized educational methodology, which enables knowledge and empathy with the employment situation of people with disabilities. All this, from the analysis of reality and social awareness in the commitment to an inclusive society. Methodology: The study is based on an inclusive and intercultural approach, based on the universal design of learning in grades linked to the business environment. A quantitative methodology is used for the analysis and evaluation, using a survey. Results: Perceptions have been challenged, with a satisfactory reception and a change in the perception of this student body linked to the economic and business sphere. Conclusions: This educational methodology has made it possible to increase knowledge about disability, labor inclusion and the contribution of people with disabilities in the workplace.

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Author Biographies

Eva Matarín Rodríguez-Peral, Rey Juan Carlos University

Sociologist and PhD in Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations. Accredited by ANECA as Associate Professor and Private University Professor. She is a professor of Sociology at the URJC. Member of the Recognized Teaching Innovation Group in Sociology (GIDSOC). She has published articles in indexed journals and book chapters in prestigious publishers. Her lines of research focus on the analysis of communication about social groups.

Tomás Gómez Franco, Francisco de Vitoria University

PhD in applied economics from UNED. Degree in CC. Economics and Business Administration from the UCM. Graduate in Law by the UNED, he has an official Master's degree in access to the legal profession. Accredited by ANECA as Professor Hired Doctor and Professor Private University. He has a six-year research period. Professor at the Francisco de Vitoria University. Author of publications in indexed journals, books and chapters in prestigious publishing houses, as well as manuals for masters in ESIC, UNIR and VIU. His lines of research are linked to economics and health.

Bienvenida Araceli Parres Serrano, University of Alcalá

She holds a degree in Journalism from the CEU-Cardenal Herrera University and a Master's degree in Political and Corporate Communication from the University of Navarra and The George Washington University and a PhD from the University of Alcalá. She is an associate professor at the UAH in the Department of Philology, Communication and Documentation. She is part of the research group Imágenes, Palabras e Ideas that studies the daily activities of children and young people in interaction with digital media.

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