ICT Training for Special Education Frontline Professionals: A Perspective from Students of a Master’s Degree on Special Education

dc.creator	Jaime Ribeiro
dc.creator	António Moreira
dc.date	2010-03-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:19:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:19:04Z
dc.identifier	10.3991/ijet.v5s2.1218
dc.identifier	1863-0383
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/99a277fe590d4093a794bf799a44aca9
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/27338
dc.description	A large number of special education professionals agree on the fact that Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an important tool for teachers and students to overcome barriers and promote the acquisition of skills. ICT can promote school and social integration by diminishing the obstacles for students with Special Education Needs (SEN). A correct educational implementation of ICT depends strongly on the teacher’s awareness of the possibilities of their application and his/her training and capacity to adapt to the differentiated learning styles that he/she encounters in his/her teaching of SEN students. However, the lack of or no training on ICT is one of the most frequently pointed reasons for not using or for misusing the potential that ICT can offer to the education of pupils with SEN as pedagogical tools or as individual Assistive Technologies (AT). The findings of a survey conducted with teachers attending a Master’s Degree on special education, balancing the acquisition of general ICT skills and facts on specially oriented ICT solutions for students with learning disabilities, will be reported here. The educational support provided by trained and specialized professionals at ease with basic ICT skills and assisted by specialized means and techniques constitute a form of aid for the student who needs to see his/her disadvantage reduced or overcome.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation	http://online-journals.org/i-jet/article/view/1218
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1863-0383
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), Vol 5, Iss SI2, Pp 55-59 (2010)
dc.subject	assistive
dc.subject	technology
dc.subject	computer
dc.subject	ict
dc.subject	sen
dc.subject	special
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	teacher
dc.subject	training
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Technology (General)
dc.subject	T1-995
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	ICT Training for Special Education Frontline Professionals: A Perspective from Students of a Master’s Degree on Special Education
dc.type	article