@ARTICLE{Bełza-Gajdzica_Magdalena_A_2017, author={Bełza-Gajdzica, Magdalena}, volume={tom LXX}, journal={Studia Pedagogiczne}, pages={255-264}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Komitet Nauk Pedagogicznych PAN i Wydział Pedagogiki i Psychologii Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku}, abstract={The study concerns the functioning of disabled learners at the level of higher education. The period of university studies is usually associated with the change of the life routine practised so far. The changes comprise various fields and bring about the adjustment to new roles. This stage is a chance for becoming independent, for specifying one’s position in the group, for shaping one’s own “young adult world view”18. The article is aimed at presenting the typology of disabled students based on an analysis of the behaviour which they show as members of the academic community. The sources of these behaviour patterns can be sought in various interpersonal and intrapersonal factors resulting from the individual’s character. The presented authorial typology has been presented also in reference to the Personality Traits Theory formulated by Costa and McCrea. This has allowed for broadening this typology with some particular subtypes.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={A Disabled Student – different faces of behaviour at the margin of the Big Five Personality Traits Theory}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/109819/PDF-MASTER/18%20Be%C5%82za-Gajdzica.pdf}, keywords={higher education, disabled learner, Costa and McCrea’s Personality Traits Theory}, }