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标题：ICT Training for Special Education Frontline Professionals: A Perspective from Students of a Master�??s Degree on Special Education
其他标题：ICT Training for Special Education Frontline Professionals: A Perspective from Students of a Master�??s Degree on Special Education
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作者：Jaime Ribeiro ; António Moreira
期刊名称：International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
印刷版ISSN：1863-0383
出版年度：2010
卷号：5
期号：SI2
页码：55-59
语种：English
出版社：Kassel University Press
摘要：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.
关键词：Assistive Technology; computer; ICT; SEN; Special Education; Teacher Training