Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities
The educational response to students with specific needs for educational support associated with disability could not be understood within the current educational landscape without addressing how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used within those responses. ICT support is not a matt...
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| author | Ortiz Jiménez, Luis Figueredo Canosa, Victoria Castellary López, Macarena López Berlanga, María Carmen |
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| description | The educational response to students with specific needs for educational support associated with disability could not be understood within the current educational landscape without addressing how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used within those responses. ICT support is not a matter of fashion or one-off use due to the current circumstances brought about by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Programmes and materials are already being developed to enable such application. Even from the Universal Learning Design approaches, it is precisely the use of technologies in learning processes, with special emphasis on educational inclusion processes, which are a key focus. This study deals with the perception that teachers have of this use of ICT with students with disabilities: How are the resources available to them and how good is their training in this respect? To do this, a section of a questionnaire was used, which forms part of the R + D + I project awarded under a national call in Spain, and which in one of its categories precisely focuses attention on this use of ICT. In turn, this category, according to the confirmatory factor analysis carried out, is subdivided into three subcategories: didactic use, spaces and resources, and finally teacher training. We are also interested in knowing if there are differences of opinion between population groups grouped according to sex, ownership of the education centre and location of the centre (urban, or rural). The results indicate that although there is good use and good preparation of teachers, the level of resources is low and teacher training needs to be reinforced. |
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| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-89332023-04-12T19:12:11Z Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities Ortiz Jiménez, Luis Figueredo Canosa, Victoria Castellary López, Macarena López Berlanga, María Carmen disability information and communication technologies universal learning design teacher training The educational response to students with specific needs for educational support associated with disability could not be understood within the current educational landscape without addressing how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is used within those responses. ICT support is not a matter of fashion or one-off use due to the current circumstances brought about by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Programmes and materials are already being developed to enable such application. Even from the Universal Learning Design approaches, it is precisely the use of technologies in learning processes, with special emphasis on educational inclusion processes, which are a key focus. This study deals with the perception that teachers have of this use of ICT with students with disabilities: How are the resources available to them and how good is their training in this respect? To do this, a section of a questionnaire was used, which forms part of the R + D + I project awarded under a national call in Spain, and which in one of its categories precisely focuses attention on this use of ICT. In turn, this category, according to the confirmatory factor analysis carried out, is subdivided into three subcategories: didactic use, spaces and resources, and finally teacher training. We are also interested in knowing if there are differences of opinion between population groups grouped according to sex, ownership of the education centre and location of the centre (urban, or rural). The results indicate that although there is good use and good preparation of teachers, the level of resources is low and teacher training needs to be reinforced. 2020-11-23T12:35:02Z 2020-11-23T12:35:02Z 2020-11-13 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8933 en https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/22/9446 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | disability information and communication technologies universal learning design teacher training Ortiz Jiménez, Luis Figueredo Canosa, Victoria Castellary López, Macarena López Berlanga, María Carmen Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title | Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title_full | Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title_fullStr | Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title_short | Teachers’ Perceptions of the Use of ICTs in the Educational Response to Students with Disabilities |
| title_sort | teachers’ perceptions of the use of icts in the educational response to students with disabilities |
| topic | disability information and communication technologies universal learning design teacher training |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/8933 |
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