Author/Authors :
Ghiyasvandian، Shahrzad نويسنده Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ghiyasvandian, Shahrzad , Nikbakht-Nasrabadi، Alireza نويسنده , , Mohammadpour، Ali نويسنده Departemant of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, , , abbasi، mahmoud نويسنده Head of Medical Ethics and Law Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, PhD in Medical Law. , , Javadi، Mostafa نويسنده Research Center for Nursing and Midwifery Care in Family Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. AND Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Javadi, Mostafa
Abstract :
Around the world there is a growing consensus that studentsʹ rights must be protected, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, religion, and socioeconomic status. One of these rights is the educational equity. However, little is known about these phenomena in nursing education. The aim of this study was to explore the educational equity from the perspective of nursing students. A qualitative study was conducted. Thus, we purposefully recruited for in-depth interviews 13 nursing students (8 female and 5 male). All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed by thematic analysis approach to identify categories and themes. Four main themes emerged from the data: Fair Educational Opportunity, fair evaluation, attempts to combat discrimination, and employing qualified teachers. It is argued that educational equity should be developed in higher education. Principles of equity and studentsʹ rights may form the most basic rationale for all formal and informal efforts to extend the right of equal access to education.
